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Council sends proposed ban on algorithmic rent‑setting back to homelessness committee for more work
Summary
Portland City Council voted 12–0 to refer an ordinance that would ban algorithmic price‑setting in the rental market back to the Homelessness and Housing Committee for additional work and legal review after committee and public testimony raised questions about litigation risk and drafting details.
Portland City Council voted 12–0 on April 16 to refer an ordinance that would prohibit algorithmic price‑setting in the rental market back to the Homelessness and Housing Committee. The ordinance had been proposed to address concerns that commercial pricing software can enable coordinated rent increases across large portfolios of units.
Lede: The council sent the measure back to committee to allow additional legal review and to respond to questions raised in committee testimony and in light of ongoing litigation in other jurisdictions.
Nut graf: The proposed ordinance would have prohibited the sale…
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