{"product_id":"priced-out-by-design-how-ai-big-data-and-corporate-landlords-crashed-our-housing-market-and-how-to-fix-it-9781734641820","title":"Priced Out by Design: How AI, Big Data, and Corporate Landlords Crashed Our Housing Market, and How to Fix It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN TODAY'S AMERICA\u003c\/strong\u003e, housing is out of reach for 51 million people. Behind the housing affordability crisis lies a new culprit: AI-powered revenue management technology. This pricing software enables powerful corporate landlords to leverage big data and AI for algorithmic price-fixing, inflating rents, and maximizing profits - transforming housing into a high-tech pricing cartel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a 2022 Congressional hearing, industry leaders blamed construction costs and housing shortages. But 30 lawsuits against RealPage, the owner of the controversial pricing software, tell a different story - one of antitrust violations, collusion, and deceptive practices, including withholding substantial numbers of rental units from the market to manufacture scarcity and inflate rents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn stark contrast, in 1939, the New Deal made homeownership cheaper than renting, fueling the largest middle class in history. Today, AI-powered revenue management, once hailed as efficient, is deepening inequality and pricing millions out of their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePRICED OUT BY DESIGN\u003c\/em\u003e is an exposé of the modern rental industry. Exposing the predatory nature of the pricing technology, which sets rental rates through algorithmic price-fixing, doubling profits while creating a national housing crisis. Through investigation and human stories, it reveals how high-tech pricing cartels have destroyed housing affordability and how effective regulations can fix it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brc Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734641820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"James M. Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934056247477,"sku":"9781734641820","price":16.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/priced-out-by-design-how-ai-big-data-and-corporate-landlords-crashed-our-housing-market-and-how-to-fix-it-9781734641820","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}