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Landlords pile “junk fees” on Colorado renters, sometimes adding hundreds to advertised prices

Attorneys and advocates argue that enforcement and oversight hasn’t kept up with landlord practice

Franklin Ramirez recently moved to Denver from Chicago and is renting an apartment where he says he pays an excessive amount of fees in downtown Denver on Oct. 8, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Franklin Ramirez recently moved to Denver from Chicago and is renting an apartment where he says he pays an excessive amount of fees in downtown Denver on Oct. 8, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Junk fees “are in line with deceptive and unfair trade practices because landlords are advertising a fake price to get consumers interested, but itap not what they’re actually going to pay at the end of the day,” said state Rep. Javier Mabrey.
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