Renters say "junk fees" create real harm
Imagine you are renting a property and your grass dies and gets brown (this is the Pacific Northwest, where, aside from some unseasonable August rain, it’s pretty dry all summer).
Then you get a note from your management company that letting that grass die violates the property’s rules and fines you $125. Then, on top of that, the company charges you an additional $125 for the trouble it took to put that note on your door.
These fines, so called “junk fees,” are allowed in Washington State.
A few cities like Seattle and Olympia have banned them. But those living outside areas with regulations…
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