ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Renters filed a lawsuit this week alleging that a ...

“RENTmaximizer effectively outsources the management of rental pricing from a landlord to Yardi itself, which then implements higher prices collectively across a group of landlords,” the lawsuit ...

Across the nation, the use of rent-setting software is under fire — and in California, the fight is heating up. Three cities in the state are taking steps to ban or restrict these tools, which critics ...

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the software company RealPage. The company is accused of using information illegally to help landlords set unfair rent prices. The Department of ...

In October, ProPublica, a nonprofit, investigative news outlet, reported on RealPage and its software. The investigation found that the company’s software does seem to push rents higher than market ...

Debates over housing in the United States often play out as overheated ideological squabbles, with actual housing policy far in the background. One side professes genuine concern over displacement and ...

Lawmakers have called on the Department of Justice to investigate RealPage, a real estate software company that’s been accused of helping to drive up rental prices throughout the US. Lawmakers have ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached proposed settlements with a software vendor and seven rent-to-own stores after the agency accused them of installing spyware on rented computers that ...