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Spokane council passes ordinance banning algorithmic rental price fixing, council recap says
Summary
Council member Paul Dillon said the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance that bans the use of algorithmic rental price fixing; Dillon said Spokane is the thirteenth U.S. city to pass such an ordinance and thanked Council member Zappone and stakeholders for their input.
Council member Paul Dillon said the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance intended to prohibit the use of algorithmic rental price fixing in the city.
"We also passed an ordinance that would ban the use of algorithmic rental price fixing," Dillon said, adding that the measure is aimed at addressing rent increases tied to algorithmic pricing tools. Dillon stated that Spokane is now the thirteenth U.S. city to pass such an ordinance and thanked Council member Zappone and stakeholder groups for their work on the proposal.
The transcript provides no ordinance number, enforcement mechanism, effective date, or vote tally. The summary is presented as Dillon’s account of what the council adopted; the recap does not include the ordinance text, legal citations, or implementation details.
Next steps and enforcement details were not provided in the recap. The council said it had passed the ordinance during this session, and stakeholders who advised on the measure were acknowledged.
