At my current place, the rental manager gleefully explained that an algorithm determines availability/capacity at the projected end date of a lease when I asked why it would be hundreds of dollars cheaper per month to sign an 8 month lease verse a 12 month lease. These suits are legitimate, and I hope the leaches lose.

Hopefully this means we’ll see the government supporting the rights of its citizens and not the bank accounts of parasitic companies.

The Washington lawsuit alleged that the system was designed to police compliance of the cartel. It cited RealPage training documents that urged clients to have the “discipline” to enact the software’s pricing suggestions 90% of the time or more. Training documents encouraged regional rental managers to beware of “‘rogue’ leasing agents who too frequently override” the software’s recommended prices. Rejections would also often trigger outreach from a RealPage pricing advisor, the suit said.