$1.4M Hoban & Associates Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unlawful Tenant Screenings

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Hoban & Associates has agreed to a $1,400,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the property management company collected information about prospective tenants without providing certain required disclosures, in violation of Washington state law.

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The $1.4 million Hoban & Associates class action settlement received preliminary court approval on February 6, 2026. The deal covers all individuals who, from April 28, 2017 to February 10, 2023, applied to rent any property that was managed or owned by Hoban & Associates (or where the company was a landlord) located in the state of Washington and paid a tenant screening fee to Hoban, were screened by RealPage, Inc. (which does business as On-Site), and did not receive all of the prospective tenant screening disclosures required under RCW 59.18.257.

Settlement documents state that attorneys expect there to be no more than 30,963 settlement class members.

The court-approved website for the Hoban & Associates class action settlement can be found at HobanCoastSettlement.com.

According to the agreement, class members do not need to do anything to receive a cash payment of approximately $27.56. Class members whose contact information has changed can update their information on this page.

Class members who wish to exclude themselves from the Hoban & Associates settlement must mail a signed letter to the settlement administrator with their name and contract information.

All requests for exclusion must be postmarked no later than May 15, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant the Hoban & Associates settlement final approval following a hearing on June 26, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Hoban & Associates class action lawsuit alleged that the Washington property management company, which does business as Coast Property Management, Coast Screening Services, Coast Collection Services, Coast Management Company, Inc. and/or Canyon Bluffs Investors VII-1, LLC, obtained information about prospective tenants and charged them a tenant screening fee without first providing a written or posted notice, in violation of state law.

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