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Monica Douglas
Afectado por Incidentes
Incidente 8443 Reportes
SafeRent AI Screening Tool Allegedly Discriminated Against Housing Voucher Applicants
2022-05-25
SafeRent’s AI-powered tenant screening tool used credit history and non-rental-related debts to assign scores, disproportionately penalizing Black and Hispanic renters and those using housing vouchers. The reported discriminatory housing outcomes violated the Fair Housing Act and Massachusetts law. A class action lawsuit (Louis, et al. v. SafeRent Solutions, et al.) resulted in a $2.275 million settlement and changes to SafeRent’s practices.
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