Senators probe whether RealPage pushed state AI law ban
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Summary
Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker and Tina Smith have written to RealPage CEO Dana Jones to ask for information about the company’s potential involvement in a proposed ban on states regulating AI for the next decade, which is attached to Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill.
The senators claim the bill would block pending legislation in several states that is aimed at stopping RealPage from feeding landlords’ sensitive information into an algorithm and using it to recommend non-competitive rental prices.
The DoJ and eight states sued RealPage last year, claiming that its algorithm deprived renters of the benefits of competition on apartment leasing terms.
Several cities, including Minneapolis, Jersey City, Philadelphia and San Francisco, and states including Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Washington, have also introduced legislation to ban the use of rent-setting software.
The letter from the senators asks RealPage to respond by 10 June, 2025.