美国的诉讼指控大型房东通过软件提供商 RealPage 相互勾结。 Lawsuits in the U.S. accuse large landlords of colluding through software provider RealPage.
一系列诉讼指控美国的大房东正在使用 RealPage 软件来确定市场租金。 A group of lawsuits alleges that large landlords in the US are using RealPage software to fix the market rate of rent. 租户声称该软件被用来提高租金，特别是在 COVID-19 大流行期间提供优惠之后。 Tenants claim the software is used to increase rents, particularly after offering concessions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 美国司法部和华盛顿特区总检察长已对 RealPage 和共同被告房东提出投诉，指控他们共享敏感数据，导致当地租赁市场人为抬高租金。 The US Department of Justice and Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General have filed complaints against RealPage and co-defendant landlords, accusing them of sharing sensitive data that leads to artificially high rents in the local rental market. RealPage 否认这些指控，称其软件使用匿名汇总数据来提供定价建议。 RealPage denies these allegations, stating that its software uses anonymous, aggregated data for pricing recommendations.