We have helped bring multiple class action lawsuits against landlords challenging unlawful move-out charges and security deposit retentions. Such charges are often assessed to penalize tenants who end their lease early without any relation to the actual time it takes a landlord to relet a unit (for example, a move-out fee that equals 2-months rent when a landlord can replace a tenant within 2 weeks) or to recoup a landlords renovation or “turn” costs to prepare a rental for a new tenant. These abuses can perpetuate housing insecurity as tenants are frequently stripped of security deposit refunds needed to obtain new housing and are pursued by collections agencies for the balance, which, in addition to undue stress and anxiety, hampers a person’s credit worthiness when seeking future housing. Our lawsuits in this space, brought against giant corporate landlords such as Greystar, AMC and MG Properties, seek monetary damages, credit restoration, and putting an end to such abuses on behalf of tens of thousands of proposed class members.