Law / United States / New Jersey / Jersey City
Ordinance 25-057, Preventing Algorithmic Rent-Fixing in the Rental Housing Market
Jersey City Code of Ordinances ch. 218, sec. 12
In force since .
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
- What it reaches
- supply
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Do not offer or operate, in Jersey City, a service that performs a coordinating function, meaning collecting and analyzing nonpublic competitor pricing, occupancy, or lease-term data from two or more residential landlords to recommend rental prices, lease terms, or occupancy levels
- Do not facilitate an agreement among Jersey City residential landlords not to compete on rental pricing, fees, or other rental terms
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- ETSI EN 304 223
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Who enforces it
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does the exemption for "multiple properties controlled by the same rental property owner" in Jersey City's definition of the coordination function cover a management company that analyzes pricing across properties held by different owners?
- Which regulations are the "applicable state regulations" that a licensed real estate agent must follow to stay outside Jersey City's definition of the coordination function?
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 12 makes it unlawful for a real estate lessor to subscribe to or pay for the services of a service provider that performs a coordination function, and bars a service provider from facilitating an agreement among lessors not to compete. Enforcement is by the Attorney General or a municipal or county attorney, by city offices, and by private action. The only record the ordinance mentions is the city's own: the Office of Landlord/Tenant Relations compiles the complaints it receives, which is a government record and not a duty on a regulated party.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
It is unlawful for a real estate lessor, agent, or subcontractor renting a residential dwelling unit in Jersey City to subscribe to, contract with, or otherwise exchange anything of value for the services of a service provider that performs a coordinating function, defined as analyzing nonpublic competitor pricing, supply, or lease-term data from two or more landlords to recommend rental prices, lease terms, or occupancy levels.
Separately, no service provider may facilitate an agreement among landlords not to compete on rental pricing, fees, or other rental terms. Any person injured by a violation may bring a private civil action, and the Attorney General or a municipal or county attorney may also sue as parens patriae.
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