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Xatolos@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents

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U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents

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Xatolos@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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The DOJ alleges RealPage colluded with landlords to inflate rental housing prices, harming millions of Americans.
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  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    It’s fine. Scotus will just say that the DOJ doesn’t have authority to file lawsuits without express congressional legislation on each individual matter.

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      The Founders didn’t say anything in 1789 about algorithmic price fixing, therefore we can’t restrict it now.

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      That’s stupid. There was no software at the time of founding and no precedence in England at the time. Therefore price fixing was never intended to be regulated.

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    So naturally they’re going to collect a shitload of money from them and the landlords using this scheme and use it to reimburse all of the people who were negatively affected by this illegal practice, right?

    …right?

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      And force lowering rent.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    It is literally fucking price fixing software. That’s what it does.

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      The purpose of a system is what it does, after all.

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    I have zero faith this will result in more affordable housing.

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      Yeah it probably won’t, but I’m all for inflicting any kind of pain possible upon the people responsible for this.

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      It is one of a dozen factors, so it will have an effect, but not a huge one

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    They best not let Yardi off the hook. Those pukes are doing the exact same thing. Get the big property owners who were in on it too.

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    Even if they don’t force a huge fine (arguably they should literally dissolve the company, sell any assets, equally distributing the proceeds to all employees), at least we can have a tiny step forward. Progress can come in fits and starts, and it can also come one tiny little slice at a time.

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    USJD getting its slice of the grift.

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