Landlord JAG Management Co. is expected to pay compensation to nine members of the U.S. military who JAG unlawfully charged lease termination fees of as much as $2,750 when the service members were required to move after receiving military orders, according to the Department of Justice.
Charging such fees is illegal under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, passed in 1940, which allows members of the armed forces to “terminate a residential lease without penalty upon entering into military service or upon receiving qualifying military orders,” Military Times reports.
As property manager of Jefferson Place, a 490-unit rental community in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, JAG Management demanded that…