Lower the Rent; Dallas City Council, Ban RealPage’s Algorithmic Price Fixing!
Dallas City Council
The rent is too damn high. One company, RealPage, is a big reason why. A 2024 White House study found that Dallas renters are paying $132 more per month for apartments because of RealPage software. Dallas can follow the lead of ten other cities and ban landlords from using RealPage and other algorithmic software. Sign this petition and tell Dallas City Council that you support the ban in order to lower our rent!
RealPage has an algorithmic software used by more than 50% of Dallas landlords to set rent prices. The algorithm works as a monopoly, using public and private data to allow landlords to fix higher rent prices. Instead of competing with each other, Dallas landlords are conspiring together through RealPage to jack housing costs up. RealPage is under investigation by the Department of Justice and is being sued by multiple states and cities for breaking antitrust law.
The City of Dallas should take action now and ban RealPage and other algorithmic software. In August, Greystar, the largest corporate landlord in America, agreed in a settlement with the Department of Justice to stop using RealPage. The evidence is clear: RealPage has broken the law and made housing more expensive for renters all across Dallas.
Sign our petition now to let city council know you want Dallas to join the growing list of cities that have banned private data sharing between landlords via algorithmic price setting!
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Dear Dallas City Council Members,
I am writing to urge you to take immediate action to ban RealPage and other algorithmic rent-setting software in Dallas.
RealPage’s software is being used by more than 50% of Dallas landlords to artificially inflate rent prices, costing Dallas renters an average of $132 more per month according to a 2024 White House study. This algorithmic price-fixing inflates housing costs and creates a monopolistic system that harms renters and allows landlords to collude to set pricing floors.
RealPage is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice and faces multiple lawsuits from states and cities for violating antitrust laws. In August, Greystar, America’s largest corporate landlord, agreed to stop using RealPage as part of a settlement with the DOJ.
Ten other cities have already taken action to ban this harmful practice. Dallas should join them and protect its residents from algorithmic rent manipulation.
I respectfully request that the Dallas City Council pass legislation banning the use of RealPage and similar algorithmic software for rent-setting purposes. Dallas renters deserve affordable housing - not algorithmic price-fixing schemes.
Thank you.