Baltimore, MD – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Thursday announced a sweeping $11.2 million settlement with the owners and operators of Heather Hill Apartments in Temple Hills, marking the largest restitution ever secured by the Consumer Protection Division in a landlord-tenant case.

The settlement resolves allegations that Heather Hill Property Company LLC and Heather Hill Operating Company LLC rented units without the required county license while tenants lived in unsafe conditions, violating the state’s Consumer Protection Act and Consumer Debt Collection Act.

“This settlement provides relief for hundreds of Maryland families who were forced to pay rent while some families lived in unsafe conditions and others risked the same dangers, all because the landlord rented with

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