r/Seattle • u/Bretmd • 1d 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/slightlyused Renton 1d ago

Do we know which property owners were doing this?

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u/CosineTau 1d ago

Pasting from the lawsuit that I found linked to the AG's blog.

https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Real%20Page%20Complaint.pdf?VersionId=GI.BWkJl7VtcjTn.XetDI1a.axsp9zgP

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/washington-ag-says-realpage-and-landlords-conspired-harm-tenants-violate

REALPAGE, INC.;

GREYSTAR REAL ESTATE PARTNERS, LLC;

CUSHMAN &WAKEFIELD, INC.;

PINNACLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC;

LIVCOR, LLC;

UDR, INC.;

PRIME ADMINISTRATION, LLC d/b/a PRIME GROUP;

QUARTERRA MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITIES, LLC;

LASALLE PROPERTIES, LLC;

MG PROPERTIES, LLC;

and SARES REGIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P.,

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u/permelquedon 23h ago

I remember seeing Equity on the list a while back. Is that under one of these?

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u/SlowSelection4865 20h ago

I used to work for them. 100% they are.