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Today, Groundwork Collaborative’s Executive Director, Lindsay Owens, participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by key members of the Senate’s Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
“Trump promised lower costs, but instead he’s slashing housing assistance and pushing tariffs that drive up construction costs while landlords and corporate developers jack up rents with abandon. Senate Democrats are treating the housing crisis like the emergency it is, with concrete plans to boost supply and lower payments while cracking down on landlords who price-gouge and builders who game the system," said Lindsay Owens, Executive Director, Groundwork Collaborative.
Groundwork Collaborative Chief of Policy and Advocacy Alex Jacquez discusses the US economy and the Fed. He speak with Joe Mathieu on “Balance of Power.”
This month, the think-tank the Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and the news nonprofit More Perfect Union released a report finding that Instacart had been using an AI tool to run algorithmic price experiments on shoppers around the country.
The report, published this month by Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative, found that Instacart sometimes offered as many as five different prices for the same item at the same store and on the same day.
The HOTDOG Act has received endorsements from organizations like Groundwork Collaborative, Sports Fan Coalition, and Public Citizen, which advocate for fair pricing at publicly funded venues. The act is expected to bring much-needed transparency and potentially lower costs for fans attending games.
This morning, Instacart announced it will end its use of AI-powered pricing experiments on consumers.
As 2025 comes to a close, Americans are taking stock of an economy that looks nothing like what Donald Trump promised.
Following a bombshell report from Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union revealing that Instacart uses AI to run pricing experiments on consumers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday launched an investigation into the company’s pricing schemes.
Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for November shows inflation at 2.7% year over year, with core inflation running at 2.6%.