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San Francisco City Council Targets Free Speech To Cover Up Its Own Housing Failures

Desperate to control soaring rents, the city council bans rental data tools while ignoring its own role in the housing crisis.

Reason

San Francisco to ban landlord-AI gouging

The area is the first municipality in the U.S. to target AI platforms, which critics say scourge the housing market

Salon

RealPage Conspiracy Theories

The media, state attorneys general, and the Biden administration are blaming rent-recommendation software for rising rents. Normal stories of supply and demand are the more reasonable explanation.

Reason

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Corporations are forcing Americans to pay more for less – in their own words

Companies in the oil, hotel, meat and other sectors are price-gouging the US public. They’re not hiding it, either

The Guardian - US

What to Do When Your Rent is Too High

If your rent is too high, options for consumers are limited, but there are some things you can do if you're facing a rent increase.

Kiplinger

D-FW builders are putting up an eye-popping number of new apartments

DALLAS — North Texas apartment construction surged to a new high in the early months of 2023.

Tribune News Service

Sens: Rent-setting algorithm "alarming"

RealPage's answers alarmed senators so much they sent a letter to the Justice Department

Salon

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Senators urge DOJ to scrutinize landlords’ use of RealPage software to raise rents

Four U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department to look closely at how Richardson-based RealPage’s software is used by big landlords.

Tribune News Service

Seattle landlords accused of conspiring to raise apartment rents

Several of the largest property management companies operating in Seattle conspired to drive up rents and decrease competition, three lawsuits filed this month allege.

Tribune News Service

Renters sue software firm, landlords over artificially inflating prices

Renters are suing the Texas-based software company RealPage and some of the largest property management firms in the nation for allegedly forming what they call a “cartel” to artificially inflate apartment prices above competitive levels.

Tribune News Service

Secret algorithm drives higher rents

RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. as rents soar

Salon

Apartment demand goes "negative"

It's the first time in 30 years that's happened in Q3, typically an active period.

Axios

Liz Weston: Find Out and Fix What Big Data Says About You

Information about you — things you may have thought were private — is stored in databases operated by consumer reporting agencies

The Independent UK

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