The Justice Department has expanded a lawsuit against the real estate software company RealPage, adding six of the biggest landlords and property management companies in the country to the suit and alleging that they coordinated to keep rents artificially high.

Millions of rents across the country may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis.

If you rent an apartment in the Triangle, there’s a solid chance that Jeff Jackson and the federal government are accusing your landlord of inflating rental prices.

Greystar, the largest U.S. apartment owner, and Blackstone’s LivCor are among the firms added to the suit.

An amended complaint names six landlords as defendants in ongoing litigation that North Carolina and several other states, along with the federal government, began in August.

Attorneys generals from 10 states also joined the suit, claiming the companies hurt "millions of American renters."

Greystar, Blackstone, Camden Property Trust and Cushman & Wakefield are among the firms added to the suit that alleges RealPage enabled landlords to fix rents.

Millions of rents across the country may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high