Invitation Homes – $19.9 Million Settlement

Case Name: Blackbird Special Project ex rel. San Diego, et al. v. Invitation Homes

Case type: Whistleblower and Qui Tam Practice

Filed in:U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Docket:Case No.: 22-cv-0260-BAS-MMP

Case Summary

In October 2024, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and co-counsel Leonard Simon settled a California False Claims Act matter against Invitation Homes, the largest single-family corporate landlord in America. As part of the settlement, Invitation Homes agreed to pay 35 cities across California $19.9 million. Our client received roughly 20 percent of the settlement, or $4.6 million.

The Complaint alleged that Invitation Homes conducted extensive renovations on some 12,000 single-family homes without obtaining the required building permits from local cities and municipalities. Invitation Homes failed to obtain the permits to avoid permit fees and property tax increases, which deprived 35 cities of much-needed funds and caused safety risks to tenants.