Apartment Rent-Setting Software Being Sued For Intentionally Inflating Prices

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley· Updated November 18, 2022

A Harvard University study reported that nearly a quarter of Black renters were behind on rent last year. According to a new lawsuit, a rent-setting website thatpurported to helping apartment seekers is contributing to this racial housing gap.

Last month, ProPublica reported that renters filed a lawsuit alleging that a software company named RealPage was working with nine of the nation’s biggest property

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