DOJ settles case accusing real estate tech firm RealPage of enabling landlords to collude on sky-high rents

The Justice Department has settled its case against real estate tech firm RealPage, which faced bombshell allegations of building algorithms that allowed landlords to illegally collude to jack up rents for tenants, The Post has learned.The settlement, disclosed in North Carolina federal court on Monday, requires RealPage to stop allowing its software to use “nonpublic, competitively sensitive information” provided by landlords to set rent prices. RealPage will also be forced to stop using active lease data ...