Rental applicants in Massachusetts recently reached a $2.28 million settlement agreement against a tenant screening service, SafeRent Solutions, after alleging the company’s algorithmic screen program disproportionately harmed Black and Hispanic rental applicants using federally funded housing choice vouchers.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley for the District of Massachusetts certified the two settlement classes and ordered SafeRent, formerly known as CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, to provide names and other identifying information to send settlement notices, according to an order filed April 25.
