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Jersey City council introduces ordinance to ban algorithmic rent fixing amid widespread tenant complaints
Summary
The Jersey City Municipal Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance to prevent algorithmic rent fixing after tenants and advocates told the council automated pricing tools have driven coordinated rent increases.
The Jersey City Municipal Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance to prevent algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market, responding to public testimony that automated pricing tools have inflated rents and undermined tenant protections.
The ordinance, introduced as City Ordinance 25‑057 and read into the record during first reading, “prohibits the use of specialized software and services designed specifically to coordinate pricing among what should be competing property owners,” Councilperson James Solomon said when the item was introduced. The council voted 8‑0 to introduce items 3.1 through 3.3, which included the rent‑fixing measure; the vote on introduction was recorded with Council President Waterman absent.
Tenant advocates and residents told…
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