A group of residents of an Equity Residential building in Los Angeles have had $25K returned to them by their landlord after they went on a monthslong utility fee strike over a utility billing system.

Utility bills can be a point of contention between landlords and tenants, especially when a tenant vacates a rental property without first settling with the utility companies. The extent to which the ...

Columbus seeks to curb middlemen jacking up water and power bills for renters but stops short of banning the utility ...