Renting: Figures reveal apparent racism in rental market

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White people are 36% more likely to receive a positive response when applying to rent a home than black people, Sky News has learned.

Exclusive figures provided by Generation Rent show apparent racism taking place in the rental market after the campaign organisation used artificial intelligence to set up two fake profiles, a black and a white one, on Spare Room.com.

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