WASHINGTON — “Folks are tired of being played for suckers,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday at the start of a meeting with his White House Competition Council, the latest event designed to cast the Democrat as standing for consumers against those trying to take their money unscrupulously.
The meeting of the White House group, launched as a result of a July 2021 executive order, coincided with the announcement of actions aimed at rental housing, corporate mergers and groceries.
“We’re cracking down on hidden junk fees in rental housing,” the president said in the State Dining Room. “The application fees can be a profit center for landlords. Some accept applications from hundreds of potential tenants, far more than they could seriously consider renting to, just to collect these fees.”
