The Code enforcement of the City sent a letter to say the tenant needs to vacate and the owner must reimburse for relocation fees in the amount of 2 months rent and the deposit.

Is the deposit less then 1000?

After giving this vendor a $15k deposit I started to get some weird vibes about them and called the utility company.

What about security deposit accounting?

Stop showing it...waste of time and effortYour only leverage is to start discussing how much deposit will be held if there is a lot of cleanup after move out...damages etc.

Lots of changes lately with everything going on with the NAR lawsuit, many other lawsuits, and the huge uptick in scams not to mention increased risks of personal safety for agents, increased theft at showings and open houses, fake sellers, fake buyers, fake agents, fake landlords stealing security deposits, wire fraud etc. a lot of agents are getting caught up in these things and have a lot of legal liability so brokerages are shifting the way they do business and developing safer protocols.

Your policy is "last month's rent plus deposit."

With that, she has made threats about me not treating her fairly and claims to counsel with the fair housing rights bc I have asked her to put him on the lease and now wants her latest rental payment and deposit.

Note if they move you will want to be sure to send them an accounting of their security deposit within the required time.

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.