North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson took legal action Tuesday against six landlords accused of illegally raising rent prices in the state. The United States Department of Justice joined North Carolina in the lawsuit,

Attorney General Jeff Jackson has sued six landlords for illegally working together to raise North Carolinians’ rents.

The Justice Department, with its state co-plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint Tuesday in its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, to sue Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (Greystar); Blackstone's LivCor LLC (LivCor);