Tenants irked after apartment firm demanded Facebook 'likes'

Residents at the City Park Apartments complex in Salt Lake City complained to local news service KSL that they found contract addenda taped to their doors.

It required tenants to "like" City Park Apartments on Facebook.

However, the addendum has now been withdrawn and City Park Apartments' community manager has apologised

"Facebook is totally optional. For them to force someone's hand to do this is kind of ridiculous," tenant Jason Ring told the BBC.

He added that he was pleased with how the episode had unfolded.

"I'm hoping this will bring more light to the fact that this was really inappropriate," he said.

"They should never have tried this stunt in the first place."

Angry reviews

The City Park Apartments Facebook page was flooded with negative comments and now appears to have been removed.

On Yelp and Apartmentratings.com, however, many users have left further critical remarks.

"I didn't think they could get any worse but they did!" wrote one apparent tenant on Yelp.

"Now you are required to like their Facebook page or it is a breach in contract!? Are you serious?"

Now, Kirk A Cullimore LLC, a law firm in Utah representing the apartment complex owners, has said the addendum was "not carefully reviewed" and that "at no time was any resident in jeopardy of eviction or action from City Park for failure to sign the addendum".