Op-Ed: It’s Time to Ban Ratio Utility Billing » The Urbanist
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Op-Ed: It’s Time to Ban Ratio Utility Billing » The Urbanist
Landlords have used ratio utility billing systems as a backdoor to jack up rents. It’s time to ban the practice. On April 1, tenants at Qualman Apartments on Capitol Hill were shocked when their utility bills were 5-8 times higher than the previous baseline. Tenants went from paying a $50 flat fee covering non-electric utilities to anywhere between $265 to $429 a month for the same services. Six months earlier, tenants received a notice from th…
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