Invitation Homes is a home leasing company.
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| Official website | https://www.invitationhomes.com/ |
Consumer-impact summary
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Invitation Homes category.
Example incident one (date)
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Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
Example incident two (date)
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Mandatory subscriptions
Mandatory Ring subscription
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Rent includes a subscription to a "Smart Home" service, consisting of remote locking and thermostat control, and for some properties, Ring: a video doorbell known to pose major privacy and security risks. This is a required subscription fee, and renters cannot opt out of any part of it[2].
A 2019 email from Invitation Homes’ CEO called on the senior vice president responsible for overseeing the company’s fee program to "juice this hog" by making the smart home fee mandatory for renters.[3]
Stealing renters' deposits
A complaint from the FTC quotes:
"The FTC also alleges that Invitation Homes has systematically withheld renters’ security deposits when they moved out of the company’s houses, including by deceptively and unfairly charging them for normal wear-and-tear, damages that existed before renters moved in, and even renovations. These charges were not renters’ responsibility and directly contradicted Invitation Homes’ clear representations to prospective renters that security deposits would be charged only for damage the resident caused beyond normal wear and tear."
"...Invitation Homes’ security deposit refund practices were far outside of national norms, with the complaint noting that, between 2020 and 2022, Invitation Homes returned only 39.2% of consumers’ total security deposit dollars collected, compared to the national average of 63.9%."
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References
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- ↑ "Leasing Fees Guide". Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ↑ "FTC Takes Action Against Invitation Homes for Deceiving Renters, Charging Junk Fees, Withholding Security Deposits, and Employing Unfair Eviction Practices". 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
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