Algorithms Allegedly Penalized Black Renters The Us Government Is Watching
Louis responded with references to prove 16 years of punctual rent payments, to no avail. Instead she took a different apartment that cost $200 more a month in an area with a higher crime rate. But a class-action filed by Louis and others last May argues that SafeRent scores based in part on information in a credit report amounted to discrimination against Black and Hispanic renters in violation of the Fair Housing Act....