DC residents react to DOJ suing six landlords for colluding to keep rental prices high
High rent prices in D.C. have long frustrated residents in the District. “When I was looking at prices, I said, ‘Can you write down the prices of the units we saw?’ And they said no because the prices change every day,
‘It’s insane’: Tenants react to lawsuit against landlords accused of using AI to raise rent prices
Renters in Charlotte are reacting to the news that six landlords have been accused of using artificial intelligence to raise rent prices throughout North Carolina.
Department of Justice files lawsuit against 6 of nation's largest landlords for price fixing
On Tuesday, the DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against six major landlords. It accuses them of working together to keep rent prices high.
Colorado, Justice Department add Greystar, Cortland and other large landlords to apartment price-fixing suit
Several large landlords allegedly colluded in an effort to keep apartment rents high, including by using an algorithm that influences prices, according to new legal filings by the Colorado attorney general,
NC accuses 6 landlords of ‘illegally working together’ to raise rents in RealPage lawsuit
An amended complaint names six landlords as defendants in ongoing litigation that North Carolina and several other states, along with the federal government, began in August.
Major U.S. landlord with several Savanah ties named in Justice Department’s rent scheme lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department is suing six major U.S. landlords for allegedly participating in algorithmic pricing schemes harming millions of renters.
Several landlords accused of using AI to swindle millions out of renters in NC
On Tuesday, the Attorney General’s Office announced it will be suing six landlords for illegally working together and with the software company RealPage to raise North Carolinians’ rents.
Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
Heather Vogell ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Department of Justice on Tuesday sued six of the nation’s largest landlords,
Justice Department accuses 6 major landlords of keeping rents high
The lawsuit arrives as U.S. renters continue to struggle. The latest figures show that half of American renters spent more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities in 2022, an all-time high.
DOJ sues RealPage, landlords for colluding to inflate rents: Houston renters impacted
The Department of Justice alleges several property management companies colluded to inflate rents using algorithmic software, harming millions of renters in Houston and across the country.
US Justice Department accuses 6 big landlords of colluding to keep rents high
Prosecutors said the landlords used an algorithm to help set rents and privately shared sensitive information with their own competitors to boost profits.
DOJ, 10 State AGs File Amended Antitrust Complaint Against RealPage and Big Landlords
The amended complaint alleges RealPage coordinated with big landlord companies in an unlawful scheme to decrease competition ...
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6 Major Landlords Accused Of Anticompetitive Behavior In DOJ’s Reinvigorated RealPage Investigation
Greystar, Blackstone, Camden Property Trust and Cushman & Wakefield are among the firms added to the suit that alleges ...
Big landlords like Greystar, Cushman & Wakefield targeted by NC in lawsuit
The landlords named in the updated lawsuit are: Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC; Blackstone ’s LivCor LLC; Camden Property ...
‘Absolutely egregious’: North Carolina attorney general sues landlords over alleged rent raising collusion
North Carolina’s attorney general says six landlords operating in the state – including two with properties in southeast ...
Renters in these two Alabama cities may have overpaid, feds allege
Alabama is not a party to the suit, yet some of the companies named in the complaint manage or own properties in Alabama, ...