AG Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a lawsuit against property management software company RealPage, Inc.  and 10 of New Jersey’s largest landlords for allegedly colluding in a rent-raising scheme that violated state and federal antitrust and consumer protection laws and forced tens of thousands of New Jerseyans to overpay for rent month after month.

“The defendants in this case unlawfully lined their pockets at the expense of New Jersey renters who struggled to pay the increasingly unlivable price levels imposed by this cartel. Today we’re holding them accountable for unlawful conduct that fueled the state’s affordable housing crisis and deprived New Jerseyans of their fundamental right to shelter.”- AG Platkin