San Francisco supervisors approve ban targeting RealPage software for setting rents
cbsnews.com
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday have approved a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning landlords from using certain software and algorithms to set rents.
In a unanimous decision, the board approved the legislation introduced by supervisor and mayoral hopeful Aaron Peskin.
According to Peskin's office, the measure bans both the sale and use of software "which combines non-public competitor data to set, recommend or advise on rents and occupancy levels." The measure also allows the City Attorney or tenants who have been affected by the software to file lawsuits.
Yeah, that software is pretty messed up. SF is already expensive enough. Maybe someone can write some retaliatory software that identifies the companies / landlords who are exploiting their assets to gouge the public?
...you mean doxxbin 2.0? :-D
I'm gonna have to lookup 1.0 first, lol
Whoa, what the fuck!? This is weird as hell.
I'd be curious to know how they plan to enforce this, and how they're going to monitor compliance.
The future is not what AT&T used to promise me in those commercials.
"Do you want to live somewhere where your rent price to be set by an algorithm? You will."
And I still haven't gotten to send a fax from the beach. Lying motherfuckers.
In case I am not the only one who had never heard of a city board of supervisors:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_supervisors
Apparently it's not city, it's county, and functions similarly to a county council.
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