Millions of rents across the country may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis.

The lawsuit expands a 2024 antitrust complaint accusing a property management software maker of illegal price-fixing.

If you rent an apartment in the Triangle, there’s a solid chance that Jeff Jackson and the federal government are accusing your landlord of inflating rental prices.

The Justice Department is adding six major apartment landlords to its lawsuit against real-estate software company RealPage, expanding the scope of its allegations that the rent-setting algorithm enabled illegal 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.

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, the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of other states.

Attorney General William Tong joined the US Department of Justice and attorneys general from nine other states in a lawsuit this week against six of the nation’s largest landlords over their use of algorithmic pricing software to set their rental rates.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges massive landlords colluded to decrease competition and set rental prices by sharing competitive information.

The complaint alleges nearly two dozen pharmaceutical companies colluded to limit competition, causing costs for certain generic medications to skyrocket.

Six of the United State’s biggest landlords have been sued as part of a case against harmful algorithmic pricing schemes. According to the Justice Department, Attorneys General of Illinois and Massachusetts have joined the ongoing legal battle against RealPage and a swathe of other landlords.