America's largest landlord, Greystar, is facing consequences after the real estate giant was accused of colluding to increase rent prices in the Bay Area and in other states.

A multistate antitrust lawsuit claims the company was illegally using algorithmic software sold by RealPage to share proprietary data to align prices with other property managers and push up rents.

"It's absolutely important that we hold landlords accountable for this type of action," said Matthew Lewis, secretary of the Berkeley Tenants Union.

Greystar Management Services LLC has six apartment complexes in Berkeley. When Lewis looked for his own apartment to rent, he said he stayed away from companies like Greystar.

"I had to do a lot of work to find this," said Lewis of what it took to acquire an affordable apar

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