Law / United States / Rhode Island / Providence
Prohibition of Algorithmic Rent Setting Devices
Providence Code of Ordinances ch. 13, art. X, secs. 13-69 to 13-73
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In force since 15 May 2025.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding private bodies.
As of 3 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not sell, license, or otherwise provide a rental pricing product or service in Providence that uses nonpublic competitor pricing, occupancy, or lease-term data from two or more residential landlords to recommend rents, fees, terms, or occupancy levels
- Do not accept a subscription, contract, or other payment from a Providence residential landlord for such a product or service
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What it reaches
supply
What makes it apply
Operator establishment, Place of effect
Obligation class
Prohibition
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The ordinance bars price coordination and use of an algorithmic pricing device, and states no duty to keep a log or record of pricing decisions or of a lessor's use of such a device.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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No real estate lessor in Providence may engage in price coordination for a residential rental unit, including through the sale, licensure, or provision of a service or product that involves price coordination, and no lessor may subscribe to, contract for, or otherwise provide anything of value for an algorithmic device.
An algorithmic device is defined as a product or service that uses an algorithm and nonpublic competitor pricing, occupancy, or lease-term data from two or more lessors, or from public databases, to recommend rental prices, fees, terms, or occupancy levels. A property owner found in violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars per day per violation, enforced by the city solicitor working with the Rhode Island Attorney General.
When LexLint raises it
high_risk_decisions
Read the law
City of Providence Council legislative file for the enacted ordinance
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