When Your AI Landlord Refuses to Renew Your Lease

AI Ethics with Fexingo: Bias, Safety, and Responsible Artificial Intelligence · Jul 3, 2026 · 9m · transcript

In this episode of AI Ethics with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the growing use of AI by property management companies to screen tenants and automate lease renewal decisions. They focus on a specific case from 2025 where an AI system flagged a tenant's eviction risk based on their social media activity, leading to a non-renewal notice. The hosts break down how the algorithm was trained on biased data—including ZIP code, social media sentiment, and credit score proxies—and how the tenant had no way to appeal or even see the evidence. They discuss the implications of opaque AI decisions in…