January 23, 2023

HomeAdvisor, Inc.—which also does business as Angi Leads and HomeAdvisor Powered by Angi, and is affiliated with the company formerly known as Angie’s List—has been ordered to pay $7.2 million for using deceptive and misleading tactics to sell home improvement project leads to service providers.  The service providers, including small businesses, are required to pay fees amounting to hundreds of dollars in order to access project leads, which many did based on HomeAdvisor’s claims about the quality, source, and rates of those leads.  FTC