This week begins the annual Point in Time Count, which is conducted across the US to gather data and numbers of our homeless ...

A major consumer protection rule designed to prevent hidden fees and misleading pricing is overturned, sparking debate over ...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a junk fee disclosure rule, arguing that it violated an administrative law.

Junk fees” were a popular topic at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2024 – but now that the dust has settled (at least for now), let’s take ...

The FTC is accusing Greystar, an apartment firm with a major Houston presence, of charging renters millions in hidden fees.

When Mean Green public relations students put the finishing touches on a senior project, they discovered that their ...

Landlords would also be barred from charging so-called “junk fees” for services like pest control, common-area maintenance or to cover their property taxes — fees that have become ubiquitous ...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has dumped an FTC rule, the Combating Auto Retail Scams, or CARS, rule, protecting against car dealer fees and bait-and-switch.

“We hear about junk fees all the time, you know, with concert tickets and things like that,” said professor Kim Keller, who taught the public relations course that studied local housing fees ...