Rental Property Investor · Scranton, PA · Member since 2016 · 142 posts · 100 votes
Guys,
Just a heads up, if your town or city is starting to get too aggressive with any of its fees for registering rental units or charging excessive rental license fees, let me know. I recently won a class action suit against the City of Scranton. Any landlords that paid the fees in 2014 and/or 2015 will be members of the class action. They will need to "opt in" but they will be entitled to refunds.
Now that this case has set a precedence, it is time for landlords all over to step up against municipalities that look at property investors as an open wallet. We should not be targeted as secondary revenue sources.
Wow bumping up to $150 per unit in Scranton. Yeah, apartment registration is a good thing as is keeps all the landlords on the same footing and puts a minimum standards in place, but it should not be a cash generator for the city.
I agree, rental registration is a great idea. It allows the city to have a point of contact for emergencies. In addition it validates some of the older multi-family homes as to the amount of units.
But scranton took things too far and created a money making scheme out of it.
Hi I'm curious about this--how is it going 6 years later? Any other cities you know that followed suit? I'm seeing fees as high as $185 per unit in Northeast Ohio suburbs.
@Kushaal Malde, so we were able to get them to $45 per unit. But most importantly they removed inspections and the “per building fee” of $150. The time and headaches of being inspected every year we’re going to be a nightmare