Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia
I applied online for an apartment in Atlanta, Ga, and paid a $125 application fee and $350 administrative fee on Thursday. It was approved at approximately 5 p.m. the same day. My mother was diagnosed with a potentially life threatening illness yesterday, and so I called to ask today (Wednesday) if they could refund at least the admin fee, because I likely will be moving back to my home state to help her. At minimum, I can't commit to a year lease. (I haven't signed yet.) They refused, saying it would violate the Fair Housing Act. Is this true, or are they just hiding behind that to avoid refunding any of my money?
1 Answer from Attorneys
The place to start is the agreement you made with the complex when you applied and paid the money, but you failed to tell us the details about that.
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