City Council bans use of software blamed for raising rent based on algorithms by Jennifer Vigil • Times of San Diego April 15, 2025, 11:55 p.m. April 16, 2025, 7:29 a.m. Share this: ...

The evidence shows rent-pricing software is "a technique for adjusting to market changes more rapidly," Gary Galles, professor of economics at Malibu-based Pepperdine University and a signer of ...

Bhargava said he doesn’t think there is a correlation between the use of rent pricing software and the rise and fall of rent prices. Bharagava also said the use of rent pricing software better ...

Bharagava also said the use of rent pricing software better reflects the state of the economy, but doesn’t control it. “I think they decrease response time to market changes,” Bhargava said.

In response to growing calls to ban rent-setting software, RealPage sued Berkeley, Calif., calling that city’s law a ban on “the use of math and publicly available information.” ...

News; Jersey City banned rent software used to jack up prices. A statewide ban is vetoed in Colorado. Updated: ; May. 31, 2025, 9:29 a.m. | Published: ; May. 31, 2025 ...