Cartel Of 10 Landlords Charge 'Unlivable' Rents, NJ Attorney General Says

Cartel Of 10 Landlords Charge 'Unlivable' Rents, NJ Attorney General Says

AvalonBay, Other NJ Landlords Sued By State Over Rent Hike Software - Hoboken, NJ - "This lawsuit is about putting a stop to corporate greed at its worst," said a NJ state official about a lawsuit against 10 major landlords.

10 NJ landlords colluded to drive up rent in state: authorities

Ten New Jersey landlords colluded with software company RealPage to increase rent prices throughout the state, authorities said Wednesday. RealPage uses controversial software that allows landlords access to private data to compare prices. The company has been sued by multiple states and the U.S. Department of Justice. The New Jersey landlords and RealPage “unlawfully lined their pockets at the expense of New Jersey renters who struggled to pay …

New Jersey sues landlords, software company over rent-fixing claims • New Jersey Monitor

Attorney General Matt Platkin said RealPage and almost a dozen property-management firms colluded to drive up apartment rents. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)Attorney General Matt Platkin sued 10 of New Jersey’s largest landlords and RealPage Inc., a property management software company, accusing them of colluding to raise rents in violation of state and federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, …

These 10 N.J. landlords are scheming with software firm to drive up rents, state says

Amid concerns that the Trump administration might drop a lawsuit against a company accused of using algorithms to inflate rent prices, New Jersey’s state attorney announced litigation Wednesday against the company and 10 of the state’s largest landlords.The property management software company RealPage, based in Texas, and the landlords allegedly used a pricing software that forced tens of thousands of New Jerseyans to overpay for rent, state At…

Hudson County Landlords Named in Rent-Fixing Lawsuit

Several landlords operating in Jersey City have been named in an antitrust lawsuit filed by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin against RealPage, Inc. and ten major property management companies. The suit alleges that these entities used RealPage’s algorithmic pricing software to coordinate rent increases across the state, violating federal and state antitrust laws. According to…

New Jersey Sues Property Management Software Firm RealPage, Says Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents

New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state's largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents, violating federal and state antitrust laws and New Jersey consumer fraud laws. From a report: The complaint filed on Wednesday by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the defendants, including AvalonBay Communities illegally used RealPage's revenue management software and algor…