AG Anthony G. Brown announced a lawsuit against RealPage, Inc. (RealPage) and eight of the largest residential landlords in Maryland for colluding to illegally raise rents for hundreds of thousands of Maryland residents. The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, allegesthat the defendant landlords allowed RealPage to set rent prices. RealPage used a centralized pricing algorithm to inflate prices, costing renters millions of dollars. The lawsuit is one of several lodged by government agencies—including the United States Department of Justice—against RealPage and its landlord users

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