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    Default Re: Landlord Charging Extra Person Fee to Married Couple in One Bdrm Apartment

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    If I understand the previous very helpful answers, charging a one-time occupancy fee is not a problem and I agree. However, the landlord is charging an occupancy fee monthly as rent which is a violation of the Austin Fair Housing statutes. As previously stated, a fee is a one time charge. An occupancy fee charged monthly is increased rent and that is wrong per Austin Fair Housing regulations.
    But that rent may include water which may only be calculated for one person into the rent of $1,000. Another person is going to use more water increasing the landlords utility bill per month. And that's not to say if heat and or electric is included in the rent.

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