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Taylor Jessen (sidfudd@4bear.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:27:27 JST Taylor Jessen
- Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic Two news links I saw today confirmed rent is unaffordable for most Americans (spoiler: me too). Neither article explains why. Would love it if you could help us name the perp!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/25/rent-housing-costs/
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1225957874/housing-unaffordable-for-record-half-all-u-s-renters-study-finds
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  Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds
  
  A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.
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  Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️ (holyramenempire@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:27:23 JST Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️
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  @ghostwise @pluralistic @SidFudd @ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-warren-sanders
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    Senators Had Questions for the Maker of a Rent-Setting Algorithm. The Answers Were “Alarming.”
    
    from @propublica
    
    After a ProPublica investigation, RealPage answered questions from lawmakers about its product. In response, the senators sent a letter to the Justice Department.
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  Sébastien Alexandre Andrivet (ghostwise@piaille.fr)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:27:25 JST Sébastien Alexandre Andrivet
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  @pluralistic @SidFudd And I remember @ProPublica -- I *think* it was ProPublica -- reporting about a widespread rent management piece of software that resulted in significant rent increases.
  
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  Anil Dash and Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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  Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 23:27:26 JST Cory Doctorow
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  @SidFudd NIMBY + Wall Street landlords + lack of rent control
  
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