BH Management Services LLC agreed to a $992,030 settlement to resolve claims that it kept some or all of certain Florida tenants’ security deposits without giving the specific written notice Florida law requires. Under Florida Statute §83.49(3)(a), landlords (and, in practice, their property managers) must send a timely “notice of intent to impose a claim” on a deposit—typically itemizing deductions and advising tenants of their right to object—before they can lawfully keep deposit funds. The lawsuit centers on the idea that even if a landlord believes deductions are justified, skipping or mishandling this notice can strip them of the right to withhold the money. The case was filed because the plaintiff alleged BH Management’s notice practices didn’t comply with §83.49 and that the resulting attempts to collect or apply deposit-related charges also implicated the Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act, which restricts deceptive or improper debt-collection conduct. The settlement’s significance is practical: it provides automatic compensation—cash payments for tenants who allegedly owe no remaining balance and cash plus “debt relief” (credits against claimed balances) for those who allegedly do—without requiring class members to file claims, while also putting a dollar figure on the compliance risk for large property managers. It also highlights a common industry pressure point: security-deposit deductions are routine in multifamily housing, but they’re heavily procedure-driven, and mistakes in timelines, wording, delivery, or itemization can create class-wide exposure even when the underlying deductions (cleaning, repairs, unpaid rent) might be disputed tenant-by-tenant. More broadly, this settlement fits a familiar pattern in landlord-tenant class actions: the alleged harm isn’t only the loss of money, but the loss of legally required process designed to let tenants promptly challenge deductions before funds are kept or debts are pursued. Similar cases around the country often target standardized move-out workflows—form notices, automated accounting systems, and outsourced collections—where a single defective template or mailing practice can affect thousands of leases at once. In Florida’s rental market, where large third-party managers handle deposits across many properties, §83.49’s notice-and-objection framework and Florida’s consumer-collection rules create overlapping compliance obligations that can turn deposit disputes into high-stakes litigation when processes aren’t followed precisely