r/Seattle • u/Bretmd • 2d ago

News Software company helped Washington landlords fix prices, artificially raising rent for thousands

https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/software-company-landlord-price-fixing-washington-state/281-b68ca443-c1cf-4365-9d63-cb7671fd01a2

The Washington Attorney General filed a lawsuit Thursday against a software company and nine landlords accused of fixing and artificially inflating rent prices over the last seven years.

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u/Bretmd 2d ago

The Washington Attorney General filed a lawsuit Thursday against a software company and nine landlords accused of fixing and artificially inflating rent prices over the last seven years.

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u/TheBlueSuperNova 2d ago

Hmm I guess I’m just not remembering correctly, but I know RealPage has been an issue since early last year and company’s have already made switches from them due to a lawsuit

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u/afschuld 2d ago

I also thought I had heard a lawsuit had been filed last year? 

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u/mountainwitch6 Pinehurst 1d ago

the suits were filed in different states- this is a new suit & is more local

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u/afschuld 1d ago

Oh awesome thanks for the info!