The Texas-based company, which is owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, has found itself in the spotlight in recent years, after an investigation from ProPublica, external drew attention to its practices.
The company has already been the target of lawsuits filed by renters and prosecutors in Arizona and the District of Columbia earlier this year.
With housing affordability a hot-button issue in the US, criticism of rent-setting algorithms has also become a staple of speeches from Vice President Kamala Harris during her presidential campaign.
In the complaint, the DOJ and eight states claim RealPage had access to information about millions of apartments across the country.
“RealPage allows landlords to manipulate, distort, and subvert…
