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New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing, targets software that pools nonpublic rent and occupancy data across landlords (www.housingwire.com)
submitted 5 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is an antedote to a bad policy, not a good policy.

A good policy would be "Rent Freeze, until we can figure out what's going on" followed by "Rent Control as statewide policy, since you fuckers want a cartel so badly"

[โ€“] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago

Given how the "market rate" is not a market but a Cartel rate, rents should be force-reset lower and free market discovery proceeds from there.