夏洛特租金飆升?新法案狙擊AI算法抬價,增加透明度!

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新法案旨在停止租金固定,提高夏洛特的透明度

CHARLOTTE — 由九名參議院民主黨人提出的一項新法案,旨在防止公司利用算法合作設定更高的租金,這是針對夏洛特租客的一個重大關注。

這項參議院法案232針對那些從房東那裡收集租賃市場資訊並用以決定租金價格的公司。這項法案是對美國司法部提起的訴訟的回應,該訴訟指控六名房東與人工智能軟件公司RealPage合作,利用算法固定租金價格,抑制競爭。

“這真的很有挑戰性。你只能接受更高的租金,”住在NoDa的Greystar房地產物業的租客Hannah Wetherholt表示,她正是訴訟中被指控的房東之一。

“我們在一個這些價格似乎很正常的時代成長,但我認為它們其實並不正常,”另一位受高租金影響的租客Erin Steinhouse說。

這項法案旨在禁止公司使用來自直接競爭對手的非公開、競爭敏感資訊,通過假設價格固定協議來填補現行法律的漏洞,並要求公司披露是否使用算法來設定價格,以提高透明度。

Hannah Wetherholt提到,她每月為一間一臥室公寓支付約1,800美元的租金,包括所有帳單,並預期在續租後租金會上漲。

與Wetherholt為鄰的Erin Steinhouse則支付超過3,000美元的租金,並對生活費的負擔表示擔憂。

這項法案需要兩黨的支持才能通過,而像Erin Steinhouse這樣的當地居民希望能夠成功解決租金定價問題。

“知道有人至少在嘗試做對的事情,這真的很不錯,”她說。

評論

這項法案的提出標誌著對租金上漲問題的重視,尤其是在當前經濟環境下,許多城市的居民面臨著日益嚴重的住房負擔。租金固定的問題不僅影響了租客的生活質量,也引發了對市場公平競爭的質疑。透過要求公司披露其定價算法的使用情況,這不僅可以提高透明度,還能對房東施加更大的監管壓力。

然而,法案的成功與否在於能否獲得兩黨的支持。各方應該共同努力,以制定更具包容性和可持續性的住房政策,保護租客的權益,並確保市場的公平競爭。隨著科技的進步,如何在保護消費者和促進創新之間找到平衡,將是未來政策制定的重要課題。

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