Harris, Dunn of Bryson Harris Suciu DeMay Earn Class Certification for Tenants in Greystar Eviction Legal Fees Case

Property management company allegedly posted eviction legal fees to tenants’ ledgers and collected those fees before any court awarded them

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, October 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A major property management company is facing a class action lawsuit due to its eviction fees practice. The company, GREP Atlantic, LLC, known as Greystar, allegedly posted eviction-related attorney’s fees and ligation costs and expenses to tenants’ ledgers, and collected those charges before a court had awarded them. That, says attorney Scott Harris, is contrary to Massachusetts law. Harris is a senior partner with Bryson Harris Suciu DeMay and is pursuing the case with senior associate, Michael Dunn.

“Greystar initiated an eviction proceeding against our client, and prior to any judgment, they were assessed eviction and legal recovery fees,” explains Harris. “That’s not in line with Massachusetts law, and we believe Greystar needs to be accountable for their actions.”

Harris and Dunn believe there are hundreds, if not thousands, of tenants through the state of Massachusetts that comprise their class, for which certification was granted on October 19, 2026 by the Hon. Angel Kelly. Greystar manages over 2,947 communities and 822,100 apartment units nationwide.

While the standard lease notes that tenants are required to pay eviction legal fees to Greystar, it fails to state that tenants will be assessed these fees even if a complaint in summary ejectment against them is voluntarily dismissed by Greystar.

“We believe there is a pattern here of the company bringing a summary judgement ejectment action against its tenants, and assessing eviction legal fees to tenants, without a ruling from any court of competent jurisdiction,” explains Dunn. “Tenants pay these fees upon belief that if they don’t, they will be evicted and forced to leave their homes.”

In the current case, Greystar also failed to file petitions for attorneys’ fees yet charged them to the tenants’ ledgers. From 2011 to 2019, less than one percent of all Massachusetts Housing Court summary ejection cases had a petition to provide for attorneys’ fees. The attorneys note that while few petitions are filed, even fewer are granted. In 2014, a Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission surveyed 33,000 summary process cases and found that only 147 had fees awarded.

Hon. Angel Kelly, United States District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts, issued her memorandum and order granting plaintiffs’ motion for class certification on October 26, 2026, Civil Action No. 23-CV-12901-AK.

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