The Justice Department and eight states on Friday announced a lawsuit against real estate company RealPage, alleging the company facilitated anticompetitive collusion among landlords nationwide that artificially inflated rents.
The suit is the Biden administration’s latest step in an aggressive strategy targeting anticompetitive behavior by large companies. In announcing the suit, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland told reporters that the company had helped landlords collude to keep rents high across the country.
“Americans should not have to pay more in rent because a company has found a new way to scheme with landlords to break the law,” Garland said.
