The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high by using both an algorithm to help set rents and privately sharing sensitive information with their competitors to boost profits.

Several large landlords in the U.S. are being sued by the Justice Department for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high. Here’s what to know.

An antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. has been updated to include accusations against six of the nation’s largest landlords.

The Justice Department said on Tuesday that it filed an amended complaint in a lawsuit against six of the country’s largest landlords for participating in algorithmic pricing schemes that have harmed