Senators Sponsor Antitrust Bill Targeting Algorithmic Price Fixing in Rentals

The multifamily industry has been facing government pressure through a lawsuit over alleged price fixing in rents. Now a bill in the Senate, S. 3692, would “prohibit the use of algorithmic systems to artificially inflate the price or reduce the supply of leased or rented residential dwelling units in the United States.”

The bill, also titled “Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act of 2024,” looks to regulate the collection of “historical or contemporaneous prices, supply levels, or lease or rental contract termination and renewal dates” from at least two residential rental property orders.