{"id":248,"date":"2026-04-24T13:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/?p=248"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:39:21","slug":"state-attorneys-general-pen-letter-urging-ftc-to-combat-hidden-rental-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/2026\/04\/24\/state-attorneys-general-pen-letter-urging-ftc-to-combat-hidden-rental-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"State Attorneys General Pen Letter Urging FTC to Combat Hidden Rental Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/christopherhcasey.html\">Christopher Casey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/paulpjosephson.html\">Paul Josephson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/danielrwalworth.html\">Daniel Walworth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorneys general from 26 states and the District of Columbia have joined forces to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt a federal rule prohibiting landlords from imposing hidden fees and charges on prospective renters. The coalition of states\u2014led by Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Tennessee\u2014 sent a letter to the FTC on April 13, 2026, calling for decisive action against deceptive rental fee practices that, the states allege, harm consumers nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full <em>Alert<\/em> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/bipartisan_group_state_attorneys_general_urge_ftc_combat_hidden_rental_fees_0426.html\">Duane Morris LLP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christopher Casey, Paul Josephson and Daniel Walworth Attorneys general from 26 states and the District of Columbia have joined forces to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt a federal rule prohibiting landlords from imposing hidden fees and charges on prospective renters. The coalition of states\u2014led by Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Tennessee\u2014 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/2026\/04\/24\/state-attorneys-general-pen-letter-urging-ftc-to-combat-hidden-rental-fees\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;State Attorneys General Pen Letter Urging FTC to Combat Hidden Rental Fees&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,108,36,52,28,107,109,102,110],"ppma_author":[5],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-colorado","tag-federal-trade-commission","tag-ftc","tag-new-jersey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-real-estate","tag-rental-properties","tag-state-attorneys-general","tag-tennessee"],"authors":[{"term_id":5,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/stateattorneysgeneral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}