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.

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.

The real estate companies kept rents high with RealPage's software and by sharing information, the antitrust complaint says.

The US Justice Department is taking legal action against several landlords accused of collaborating to artificially maintain high rent prices. This lawsuit emerges amidst a tough housing market where many renters find themselves spending over 30% of their income on rent and utilities.

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.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit Tuesday against six corporate landlords and a software company accused of colluding to fix rent prices by sharing sensitive competitive

High rent prices in D.C. are frustrating for renters.

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