> they billed tenants for utilities, yet did not pass the money on to the utility company That would seem to be criminally fraudulent behavior. Also, the arti

> they billed tenants for utilities, yet did not pass the money on to the utility company That would seem to be criminally fraudulent behavior. Also, the article mentions: > That Sept. 23 letter also stated that tenants would not be responsible for paying October rent as their security deposits would be covering that. This posed a problem for anyone set to leave at the end of this month... Not being able to return a tenant's security deposit could also be criminal behavior. Don't most states have laws saying that a security deposit is the tenant's money, and has to be kept in an escrow account with the tenant's name on it? And: > What’s more, HubHaus continued to bill tenants for services that were discontinued during the shelter-in-place, such as housecleaning. More fraud. The tenants might want to file complaints with the state Attorney General's office. Addendum: I looked HubHaus up on Crunchbase[1] to find out who their VCs are: Their Series A funding ($12M) came from a firm called "Social Capital", whose mission is "to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems".[2] Also interesting: HubHaus's web site is still up, offering rooms for rent.[3] [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hubhaus https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hubhaus [2] https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/hubhaus-series-a--c8d6b0d4 https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/hubhaus-series-a--c... [3] https://thehubhaus.com https://thehubhaus.com