the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Dec 16, 2024
A young couple—a teacher and a doctor’s office worker—in College Park, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., joined a class action lawsuit against their Houston-based landlord, Camden Development, to fight the excessive fees constantly added to their rent. The one-bedroom apartment was advertised at $1,729 per month, but mandatory monthly fees add $188 for technology and $37 for trash pickup. Plus, they had to pay a one-time $450 “community fee.”
Camden owns almost 60,000 apartments around the country and relies more and more on these added-on “junk fees” to increase its profit, like other big landlords. A similar landlord, Invitation Homes, told investors in 2022 it makes 30 million dollars more in profit per year by charging these fees.
Rent is already impossibly high—one-fifth of renters spend their ENTIRE paycheck on rent, or need to work a second job to pay it.
These fees make housing cost even more. And they’re not even included in the rosy government inflation statistics.