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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina bans algorithmic rent fixing and invalidates pre-dispute arbitration clauses for rental disputes
Last action · April 14, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Tim Longest and 11 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina prohibits real estate lessors from using algorithmic pricing services that rely on nonpublic competitor data, effective October 1, 2025. The measure classifies violations as s, allows private lawsuits and Attorney General enforcement, and voids s and class-action waivers for these claims.
Residential landlords and pricing software providers face statutory liability and private lawsuits for coordinating rental rates, while tenants gain the right to file class-action lawsuits regardless of prior arbitration agreements.
- Algorithmic rent fixing has become a focal point of antitrust and consumer protection scrutiny by state attorneys general and federal regulators. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
real estate lessors
Landlords are prohibited from subscribing to or contracting for algorithmic pricing coordination services that use nonpublic competitor data.
service providers
Pricing software and coordination service providers are barred from facilitating agreements not to compete among real estate lessors.
residential tenants
Tenants gain the right to bring private and class-action lawsuits regarding algorithmic price fixing, unhindered by pre-dispute arbitration clauses.
Key Facts
- It is unlawful for any real estate lessor or agent in North Carolina to subscribe to, contract for, or exchange value for coordinating functions using nonpublic competitor data.
- Service providers are prohibited from facilitating non-compete agreements among real estate lessors for residential dwelling units.
- Violations of the article constitute unfair or deceptive trade practices under G.S. 75-1.1.
- Aggrieved parties can bring a cause of action, and the Attorney General is empowered to enforce the article.
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- Pre-dispute arbitration agreements and pre-dispute joint-action waivers are invalid and unenforceable for cases relating to violations of this article.
- The act applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after October 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 14, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 14, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion of Unfair Trade Practices to Rental Algorithms
The bill explicitly ties the use of algorithmic rental coordination tools to North Carolina's existing consumer protection framework under G.S. 75-1.1.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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