HB2047
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing devices, report.
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic pricing devices; study; report.
Prohibits a landlord from, for the purpose of advising the landlord of the amount of rent to charge a prospective tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit, using, incorporating, or training an algorithmic pricing device, defined in the bill, to restrain the rental housing market in ways that constitute ... (More) an unfair method of competition. The bill grants a tenant with a reasonable belief that his landlord has violated the prohibition an opportunity to file a written complaint with the Office of the Algorithmic Rent Pricing Ombudsman, created in the bill, or to bring an action against his landlord. The bill requires a landlord who uses an algorithmic pricing device to advise him of the amount of rent to charge a prospective tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit to disclose the same to a tenant. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102630D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2047)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Left in General Laws
