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Apartment Owner and Manager UDR Allegedly Used RealPage Algorithms to Set San Diego Rents in Keller v. UDR, Inc.
- Occurred
- Jun 21, 2026
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In Keller v. UDR, Inc., plaintiff Jacob Keller alleged that UDR used RealPage pricing tools to set rents or occupancy levels at its San Diego properties after a city prohibition took effect on June 21, 2025. The complaint claims the tools relied on nonpublic competitor data and contributed to inflated rents for UDR tenants. UDR, a large publicly traded apartment owner and operator, had previously acknowledged using YieldStar in decisions concerning certain multifamily units.
Developers
- Rental pricing algorithm developers
- RealPage
- Property management software developers
Deployers
- UDR
- Residential property management companies
- Landlords
Harmed parties
- UDR tenants in San Diego
- Renters
- Jacob Keller
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Algorithmic pricing tools allegedly caused inflated rents, representing potential discrimination and disparate impact on tenants.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8