The Consumer Protection Division (CPD) of the Maryland Attorney General’s office filed suit on Wednesday against Westminster Management, LLC, a company owned by Kushner Companies for violating the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act. The suit seeks to enjoin the illegal renting practices of Westminster and its property owners, who control over nine thousand units in the greater Baltimore area. It also requests Westminster to pay economic damages to the renters who were subject to these practices.

The CPD alleges that Westminster falsely advertised the state of the rentals. Many of the properties continue to be in a substandard condition, including rodent-infested, even after residents submitted thousands of complaints. The CPD is also claiming that Westminster collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal application fees and security deposits. The CPD’s last allegation is that Westminster, a New Jersey-based company, did not maintain the proper licenses necessary to collect debts from tenants in Maryland.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh released a statement following the filing of the suit:

We allege that the property owners and their property management company violated numerous consumer protection laws, which harmed thousands of Maryland consumers. … We’re charging that Westminster and the rental property owners in this case took advantage of consumers, primarily low- and middle-income families, collecting fees and other unlawful costs from them and often failing to make the repairs needed to maintain suitable environments for their tenants.

Kushner Companies is owned by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.