SafeRent settled for $2M+ after its AI tenant screening system was found to have disparate impact on non-white applicants.
SafeRent’s AI screening used data inputs that correlated with race (credit history patterns, prior address characteristics) without evaluating disparate impact. Separately, PERQ’s “conversational AI leasing agent” issued blanket rejections to housing choice voucher applicants, disproportionately affecting African-American renters. PERQ settled with agreement to allow outside review of application systems.
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The settlement itself required outside review of AI systems. AVAAS cohort analysis by race would have surfaced the disparate approval rates before any applicant was affected. Independent evaluation is what the court ordered after the damage was done. AVAAS provides it before.
This entry is one of 37 documented cases in the AVAAS evidence ledger, a public record of AI and automated-system failures with a verified source on every entry.
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