Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.
  • Geek_King@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This year my rent up 20%, which is crazy. My state has no laws in place to protect renters, so when I called the apartment management company to ask if it were a mistake, they said it wasn’t, and when I asked if they could tell me it wouldn’t get raided another 20% next year, I was told they couldn’t guarantee it.

  • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The way they framed a landlord’s unwillingness to raise rent by a large amount is a problem of “too much empathy”… They said it out loud. Wow. Thank you for sharing.