Some MiddleTown Property Group tenants may see some monetary relief after Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced a settlement agreement this week with the property management company. According to Rokita, MiddleTown will pay $35,000 to cease allegedly unfair and deceptive business practices; it is unclear how the funds could be distributed.
The action follows a year-long investigation by the Ball State Daily News wherein dozens of MiddleTown tenants shared ongoing problems they were experiencing with the property management company.
Issues ranged from invasions of privacy, use of deceptive redecoration fees in place of a security deposit and repeated failure to deliver safe, clean rental units, among other complaints.
Melissa Bass, founder of the “BSURentals/MiddleTown Mgmt Complaints” Facebook Group, said the issues violated basic living needs; especially when MiddleTown’s actions seemed to disproportionately target low-income residents.
“When you take someone’s housing, and you put them in a position where they can’t be comfortable in their own homes where they’re paying to live, that’s one of the worst feelings in the world,” she said.
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