The flexible-lease platform advertises NYC rooms from $1,225/month but its own how-it-works page says signers also owe "all applicable fees" on top of first month's rent and deposit — disclosed at application, not in the listing.

June Homes, which lists more than 1,600 rental rooms across New York City, calls its residential contracts not leases but "Member Unit Licenses" — language drawn from its own published terms of service, which also names the arrangement a "Universal Membership Agreement."

Whatever the arrangement is called, the price shown in a listing is not the price a signer pays to move in. The platform's how-it-works page states that upfront payments cover the first full month's rent, a security deposit of equal size, and "all applicable fees." What those fees are and what they add to the move-in total is disclosed, per the company's FAQ, only at the application stage — not visible in any advertised listing price.

June Homes markets the arrangement under a "no hidden fees" banner, grounding that claim in its application-stage disclosure practice: the full cost breakdown arrives, the company says, before any paperwork is signed. The gap between the listed monthly rate and the total upfront cost sits directly in the crosshairs of a junk-fee rule proposed Thursday by the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which would require landlords and listing platforms to bundle every mandatory charge into any advertised rental price.

The company operates its New York City business through at least five separately identified LLCs — June NY, June NY 1, JuneHome, June NYC, and JuneHomes — listed in its terms of service, last updated September 2022. The platform currently shows 1,666 active NYC listings, with rooms advertised from $1,225 a month.