A major apartment company in the state is charging a family more than $4,000 in fees after their mother died in her unit, something the family feels is "unethical."
  • MelllvarEnglish
    37·
    5 months ago

    That’s not how a deceased person’s bills work. There has to be more to this story than the article is telling us.

    Like, it says the deceased woman had had dementia. So maybe a family member was the actual lease holder.

    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.socialEnglish
      27·
      5 months ago

      From the article:

      Colorado law says a lease is nullified after a tenant dies, unless the lease says otherwise, then the lease prevails. In this case, Farrer’s lease did stipulate that she would be held to the lease terms even in the event of a death.

      Also, the leasing company is facing a class action lawsuit over fees it charged tenants so, not the most ethical company.

      • VelvetStorm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        5 months ago

        Also at least in most cases you can’t transfer someone’s debts to their family after they die.

        • Ross_audio@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          You can charge the estate though.

          For people without much to pass on they’ll still try to take everything.

  • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    I work liability claims for renters insurance and the shit landlords try to pull is insane and renters are kind of at their mercy when they can keep your deposit or just add charges to your rent. I have to tell customers all the time yeah I don’t think that’s legal but you’d have to take them to court to do anything about it.

    And of course you won’t be shocked at all when I say the poorer the renter and the more horrible the rental the worse they get. Public housing treats tenants worse than anyone. Because they can.