Louis v. SafeRent
Louis v. SafeRent Solutions — AI Tenant Screening Fair Housing Settlement (D. Mass.)
D. Mass. · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- November 20, 2024
- Applies to
- SafeRent Solutions, LLC
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
Who is protected: Black and Hispanic housing applicants — particularly Section 8 voucher holders — subject to algorithmic tenant screening
Legal detail
Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass., final approval Nov. 20, 2024; Judge Angel Kelley). FHA disparate-impact theory; ECOA. Settlement: $2.275M to class; 5-year prohibition on using SafeRent Score (or recommendation against tenancy based on the score) for applicants using housing vouchers; required retraining and revalidation of the algorithm.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | D. Mass. |
|---|---|
| Level | Federal |
| Strength | Stronger |
| Citation | Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.) |
| Topics | housing and credit decisions · automated decision-making · consumer protection |
| Court record | Louis v. SafeRent — CourtListener 1:22-cv-10800 |
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Related housing and credit decisions rules elsewhere
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- Minneapolis algorithmic rent ban (Ord. 2025-010, eff. Mar 1, 2026) · In effect
- Seattle algorithmic rent-fixing ban (Ord. 127241 / SMC 7.34, July 2025) · In effect
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- Hoboken Algorithmic Rent-Fixing Ban · In effect
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