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Eagle_Arm t1_iurd9dy wrote

Reply to comment by senorali in "‘I want my money back’: Rental application fees rampant despite Vermont’s prohibition" by CalicoFlannel

Fines, sure. Judicial punishment, why not, but going to the extreme of taking property due to application fees, that's a bit much. If they reach such a high level of fines that they have to sell the property, then they probably should have stopped doing charging fees like an idiot.

Should stop the practice of application fees, because well, it's the law, but that punishment of taking properties, what would a realistic threshold be?

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senorali t1_iurtm7d wrote

The problem with flat fines is that they disproportionately punish people with less money. Big real estate firms can do a simple cost:benefit to determine if they make more from fees than the pay in court, and continue the practice indefinitely.

On the other hand, fines proportional to the company's net worth? Now we're talking.

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