{"id":3094,"date":"2026-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ai-is-cursing-renters-with-the-promise-of-impossible-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:00:00","slug":"ai-is-cursing-renters-with-the-promise-of-impossible-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ai-is-cursing-renters-with-the-promise-of-impossible-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo collage of images that use virtual staging.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge; Stuccco; Box Brownie\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268589_Vitual_staging_AParkin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn&rsquo;t think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;d be \u00ab\u00a0hell.\u00a0\u00bb After looking at a lot of tiny, overpriced places she described as \u00ab\u00a0shitholes,\u00a0\u00bb Joyce found her dream apartment: a reasonably priced studio in Manhattan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0It was big and airy, and there was a fireplace,\u00a0\u00bb she said. The kitchen was small but well equipped and looked like it had been recently renovated. She dropped everything to see the apartment, and when she got there, she learned that five other women, all around her age, had viewings scheduled after hers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0I get in, and it&rsquo;s not the same apartment \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/953888\/ai-virtual-staging-real-estate-apartment-listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn&rsquo;t think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. 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