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Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents—and Cities Are Starting to Push Back (gizmodo.com)
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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-12-07 16:55:13+00:00.

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[–] rc__buggy 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

1/4 of California state lawmakers are landlords. If a user of this software doesn't want to charge as much as the algorithm says, it gets escalated and RealPage tries to sell them on the price.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's pretty similar where I'm at too. Unfortunately, the nature of being a legislator means you can only become one if you don't need to work a regular job. And landlording is certainly one of those jobs that gives you free time to campaign and work as a legislator.