Editing Price fixing (section)

=== Rent algorithm ===
''[[ProPublica]]'' in 2022 investigated the use of algorithms created by [[RealPage]] by rental companies across the United States to set rents, which critics worry has helped to raise rents by limiting competition.<ref name=":1" /> The US DOJ escalated its investigation into price-fixing in March of 2024,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sisco |first=Josh |date=March 20, 2024 |title=DOJ escalates price-fixing probe on housing market |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/rental-housing-market-doj-investigation-00147333 |work=Politico}}</ref> and filed an [[United States antitrust law|anti-trust]] lawsuit in August of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vogell |first=Heather |date=2024-08-23 |title=DOJ Files Antitrust Suit Against Maker of Rent-Setting Algorithm |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/realpage-lawsuit-doj-antitrustdoj-files-antitrust-suit-against-maker-of-rent-setting-algorithm |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref>