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Why U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to court

A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes."We've been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy out of the equation. So they can charge whatever the software tells them to charge," said Kevin Weller, a tenant at Portside Towers since 2021.Tenants say the management started to increase prices substantially after giving renters concessions during the Covid-19 pandemic.The 527-unit building is located roughly 20...

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