CalMatters: Landlords are Using AI to Raise Rents – And California Cities are Leading the Pushback

Landlords are using software that relies on nonpublic information to help set high rental prices across the board and California cities are fighting back.

If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords now use a single company’s software – which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information – to help set rent prices. Federal prosecutors say the practice amounts to “an unlawful information-sharing scheme” and some … Read more