“””The government insists on small security deposits because of a desire to make it easy for tenants to rent a place to live and to move”””
Can you post the websites of those ‘governments’ under statute or regulation impose small security deposits?
I had not heard before that security deposits were regulated.
“No landlord may demand or receive a security deposit, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of two months’ periodic rent.”
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title55.1/chapter12/section55.1-1226/