Editor Notes: Reconstructing the timeline of events: (1) May 25, 2022, a class action lawsuit was filed against SafeRent Solutions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. It alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and state laws due to algorithmic discrimination against Black and Hispanic rental applicants using housing vouchers. (2) January 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a statement of interest supporting the case. (3) July 26, 2023, the court denied SafeRent’s motion to dismiss and ruled that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that SafeRent’s scoring system caused disparate impacts. (4) November 20, 2024, the court approved a $2.275 million settlement with injunctive relief to prohibit discriminatory tenant scoring practices, setting a national precedent for fair tenant screening.