September 17, 2018

A temporary restraining order has been issued by a federal court against two brothers, Steven and Kevin Shayan, and their four companies for allegedly using false marketing claims in online rental listings for low income housing, a violation of the FTC Act. Websites such as ApartmentHunterz.com and WeTakeSection8.com required housing hunters to pay weekly subscriptions of $14.99 or bimonthly subscriptions of $49 to access listings that were supposedly exclusive and up to date. On the contrary, many of the listings were no longer active or did not accept Section 8 housing vouchers. FTC