Maryland is suing Jared Kushner's apartment company, saying there are 'hundreds of thousands of violations' like rat infestations and unsafe conditions
Maryland is suing Jared Kushner's apartment company, saying there are 'hundreds of thousands of violations' like rat infestations and unsafe conditions.
- Maryland's attorney general is suing an apartment management company owned by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, and his family, alleging "hundreds of thousands of violations" against mainly low-income tenants and middle-class families in Baltimore.
- Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said in his statement of charges filed Wednesday that those named in the suit "victimized consumers, many of whom are financially vulnerable," and rented out properties that were so badly maintained, the conditions posed a health risk to renters.
- "[Tenants] have had to endure living in units that are infested by rodents and vermin, plagued with water leaks that have caused mold and other issues, and, at times, lacking in basic utilities," the statement of charges said.
- Kushner has previously been referred to as a "slumlord" by some of the tenants of his Baltimore properties.
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Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, has become embroiled in a lawsuit between the state of Maryland and the real estate management company he partially owns over alleged illegal fees and rat-infested properties in Baltimore.
According to a statement, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, the Consumer Protection Division leveled charges against Westminster Management, the management wing of the real estate firm Kushner Companies, and "the 25 companies that own or previously owned 17 residential communities managed by Westminster Management."
The companies are accused of committing "hundreds of thousands of violations" against the mainly lower-income to middle-class tenants that live in their rental properties. Westminster Management and the other firms "victimized consumers, many of whom are financially vulnerable, at all stages of offering and leasing," Frosh's office argued in a statement of charges filed Wednesday.
The statement of charges also alleges that the companies conducted operations without the proper licensing and collected illegal fees from tenants while "often failing to make repairs needed to maintain suitable environments."
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