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Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why.

Heather Vogell, ProPublica, with data analysis by Haru Coryne, ProPublica, and Ryan Little ProPublica
Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.

Friday Nite Videos | August 26, 2022

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Freedom Dreams: Black Women and the Student Debt Crisis. With Indictments Looming, It's Time To Have 'The Talk' With Trump Supporters. America’s Last Affordable Housing. A Giant Laser Simulates a Planet’s Core. Amazon Workers Stage Mass Walkout.

Friday Nite Videos | June 17, 2022

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How Proud Boys Coordinated for Capitol Riot. Trump and John Eastman Knew Their Plan Was Illegal. The Wire Cast Members Talk Trump’s 'Mob' Tactics and 'Rats'. Why Is The Rent So Damn High In Florida? Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel.

Why Is The Rent So Damn High In Florida?

Florida is now the most unaffordable state. Gov. Ron DeSantis have taken millions from corporate landlords and developers. Now organizers across Florida are fighting back — and winning.

How To Make Housing as a Human Right a Reality

Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute
The federal government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing.

America’s Hidden Fire Kindling - For-Profit Housing

Jarod Facundo The American Prospect
Federally subsidized housing complexes, many of them owned by for-profit investors, fail to enforce basic safety standards. Will the horrific fire this week become a wake-up call?
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