Across the country, gentrification is spreading rapidly through our cities, displacing the poor. Now, those cities have the last thing they need to fight their house crises — an app that throws ...

Finding a place to rent can be hellish, but does transferring that process online make it better? One startup argues yes, but tenancy advocates are doubtful. Alex Lubinsky, the CEO of the Californian ...

A San Francisco startup is betting that would-be tenants will jump at the chance to bid against other renters in order to secure an apartment in the Bay Area's superheated rental market. Rentberry, an ...

With rent prices in cities like San Francisco, Portland, and New York soaring to astronomical heights as of late, hearing about the new rent-bidding service Rentberry is sure to put prospective ...

NEW YORK — Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, finding affordable rent in a city like New York has become nearly impossible. The desperate have opted to live in shoeboxes and closets for a pretty penny ...

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to impose a one-year moratorium on rent-bidding platforms, which allow landlords to take competing bids from prospective tenants and then sign leases with the ...

Controversial rental platform Rentberry just announced it's going national with its services, and a lot of people — namely renters — are unhappy about it. Under Rentberry's business model, a lease is ...