Tenants’ $4.75 Million Eviction Fee Settlement Gets Final Nod

Aug. 9, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

North Carolina tenants secured a federal court’s final approval of a $4.75 million class settlement resolving allegations that several apartment investment and management companies unlawfully sent collection letters and charged eviction-related fees.

Their attorneys’ request for $1.3 million in fees also won approval Aug. 6 from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Randi Milroy and Dan Williams alleged Bell Partners Inc., LSREF3 Bravo (Raleigh) LLC, and Hudson Capital Weston LLC violated the North Carolina Residential Rental Agreements Act, North Carolina Debt Collection Act, and North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Their lawsuit was ...

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