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AI is helping gas stations collude to raise California fuel prices, lawsuit says

A federal lawsuit accuses gas station operators in California of using AI-powered software to illegally collude and raise prices

The Independent UK

Trump Issues Order Cracking Down on Corporate Homeownership

The president's order is not the comprehensive ban on large investor–owned housing that he promised. But it could still have a chilling effect on the single-family rental market.

Reason

In Connecticut, Zoning Reform Is Back From the Dead

Plus: A challenge to the Trump administration's shift away from "housing first" and reflections on the West's "Great Downzoning"

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Elizabeth Warren Accuses Trump's DOJ Of 'Endorsing' RealPage's Alleged Rent Price-Fixing: Says It Lets Landlords 'Rip Off Renters'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed President Donald Trump's Justice Department, accusing it of siding with landlords over renters after the department settled an antitrust case with property-management software provider RealPage.

Benzinga

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Says You Can Defeat NIMBYism by Building Less

Plus: The DOJ and RealPage reach a settlement, the ROAD to Housing Act hits a speed bump, and Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani talk housing policy.

Reason

DOJ touts victory for renters as deal is reached over ‘secret algorithm’ used by landlords to set prices

The DOJ’s antitrust chief accused the company of replacing competition with coordination and she said ‘renters paid the price’

The Independent UK

RealPage Reaches Settlement With DOJ, Must Stop Algorithms That Enabled Rent Price Collusion

RealPage settles with DOJ, agreeing to end software practices that allowed landlords to collude on rent prices.

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Colorado's governor vetoes landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has vetoed a bill that would have made Colorado the first state to ban landlords from using rent-setting algorithms

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Texas Revs the Growth Machine

Plus: The near death of starter-home reform in Texas, Colorado's pending ban on rent-recommendation software, and a very Catholic story of eminent domain abuse.

Reason

Judge Orders Rhode Island Town To Return Secretly Seized Land to Affordable Housing Developer

Plus: the federal government tries to stiff landlords over eviction moratorium one last time, the Supreme Court declines to take up eminent domain case, and starter home bills advance in Arizona and Texas.

Reason

Justice Department Sues Landlords For Alleged Rent Price Fixing

U.S. Justice Department lawsuit targets landlords for anti-competitive practices in setting high rents, impacting American renters.

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US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high

The Independent UK

Fighting AI-Driven Rent Hikes: California Cities Move Against Algorithmic Pricing

The complaint accuses RealPage, a Texas-based platform, of exploiting landlords' sensitive data, benefiting both the company and landlords while driving up rent prices at the expense of renters.

International Business Times

Robo price-fixing: Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents

Of all the reasons it could be hard to pay rent each month, did you have an algorithm-powered illegal cartel on your list?

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Harris plans to defeat housing crisis

Harris wants to defeat housing crisis with rent controls and incentives to build

Fortune

Here’s how much landlords’ software is to blame for your high rents, according to one researcher

“About a quarter of rental inflation is potentially due to this price fixing conspiracy orchestrated by RealPage and some of the big corporate landlords,” Matt Stoller, the director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project, told Fortune.

International Business Times UK

Blackstone Hiked Rent Prices At Double The Market Rate in San Diego, Allegedly Uses RealPage's Rent Fixing Software: Report

Blackstone has aggressively expanded its real estate empire since 2021, owning 350,000 rental units while fighting rent control measures and allegedly using rent-fixing software that is being probed for financially impacting millions of renters.

Reason

Are You Living in San Diego's 'Worst ADU'?

Plus: The feds come for RealPage, a YIMBY caucus comes to Congress, and tiny Rhode Island enacts a big slate of housing reforms.

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DOJ sues Texas company for raising rents

The suit alleges RealPage Inc.’s algorithm used private information to set higher rent prices

International Business Times UK

Is This Why Your Rent Is Skyrocketing? DOJ And 8 US States Sue RealPage For Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme

The DOJ is probing RealPage's collusion with landlords via its algorithm-based rental price-setting software to fix higher rents beyond market forces that impacted millions of renters.

International Business Times

US Alleges Software Scheme To Raise Rent Prices

US prosecutors unveiled sweeping antitrust charges Friday against a property management software company that they allege employs algorithms to enable collusion among landlords, harming renters across numerous US markets.

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Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Realpage Inc.

Justice Department sues RealPage for alleged antitrust violation enabling rent price collusion among landlords.

The Independent UK

Justice Department accuses RealPage of violating antitrust laws through scheme to hike rents

The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices

Roll Call

DOJ alleges RealPage helped landlords inflate rents - Roll Call

The Justice Department and eight states on Friday sued real estate company RealPage, alleging the company helped landlords collude on rents.

Reason

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.

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