Social media posts on TikTok and Facebook claim that landlords are no longer able to charge new tenants three months’ rent as a security deposit beginning July 1. Landlords often require a security ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — July 1st California's assembly bill-12 tenancy: security deposits changes how apartment complexes charge. We talked with someone in Bakersfield struggling to find a decent ...

In the City of Chicago, lessors who demand and accept a security deposit from a lessee in a residential rental agreement have a legal obligation to hold that deposit in an interest yielding savings ...

In recent years, a growing number of landlords have opted to forgo traditional security deposits, a trend driven by evolving tenant expectations and changing legal landscapes. This shift is reshaping ...

Rent a Chicago apartment and you used to expect to have to pay a security deposit: an amount, often equivalent to a month’s rent, to be handed over to the landlord as insurance you wouldn’t damage the ...

Landlords across the state can forget squeezing renters with hefty security deposits. A new law by Assemblyman Matt Haney enacted this week limits security deposits to no more than one month’s rent ...

The legislature is considering a bill that would cap security deposits for apartment leases at one month. While it is being promoted as saving money for renters, it may inadvertently make it harder ...

On Monday Assemblymember Matt Haney’s Assembly Bill 12 banning landlords from charging exorbitant security deposits will go into effect in California. The landmark tenant protection bill stops the ...

If you move out of a California rental, can a landlord deduct money from your security deposit for damage caused by normal wear and tear? Here’s what our journalists with How To California — a new ...