There are proposed Fed Rules to start to control the rental market. While this all sounds good, we all know once they start getting their mitts into something they never let go. Even if it sounds like disclosing fee practices sounds good on the surface there will additional gotchas and fines and penalties.

Voice your concerns by going to the NARPM website LINK (see below) and filling out a comment to the FTC.

THANK YOU!

FTC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices

On March 12, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comment on whether federal rules are needed to address unfair or deceptive fee practices in the rental housing market. The comment period closes on April 13, 2026. This is a critical opportunity for residential property managers to shape federal regulatory policy that will directly affect day-to-day operations.

The ANPRM covers the full lifecycle of a rental transaction—from application through move-out—and asks whether the FTC should create a comprehensive federal framework for rental fee transparency. It follows enforcement actions including the $24 million Greystar settlement (December 2025) and the $48 million Invitation Homes settlement (September 2024), as well as warning letters the FTC sent to 13 property management software providers in December 2025.

"....... transparency."

Bad practices create this stuff.

We should be asking; how would a tenant respond to this, and most importantly, why? Therein lies the answer.

I agree that fees should certainly be disclosed in advance, but any time the government gets involved to try to "regulate" anything, they make it worse.

After all, how many politicians know anything at all about rental property management? Or all the other things they legislate, for that matter.

I hear ya DJ.

What was it that Reagan said were the scariest words of all?

Also I just signed up and send the canned response.