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Business & Consumer Affairs

Some College Student Renters Must Battle Unfair Charges, Rigged Damage Deposit Requirements

By Alex Parrott | July 30, 2015

ONE OF TWO STORIES: Hundreds of college students who rent private apartments while attending Iowa’s three public universities routinely are being taken advantage of by landlords who unfairly withhold security deposits that might be owed back to the students.

Business & Consumer Affairs

Documents Reveal Improper Charges Dumped On Iowa City Student Renters

By Makayla Tendall | July 30, 2015

ONE OF TWO STORIES: Iowa City student renters have been nickeled and dimed for several years, losing security deposits and facing fees for automatic cleaning charges and damages to public spaces over which they have no control. Documents in an Iowa City court case reveal the charges.