A judge in Nashville will hear the case for final approval of the RealPage rent settlements on October 15, 2026, and the window for renters to opt out or object has already shut. It closed on September 22. What remains open is the claim form, which the administrator says is due by January 29, 2027.
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A hearing in the Middle District of Tennessee
The fairness hearing is scheduled in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, under case number 3:23-md-03071, according to the settlement administrator’s website. The lawsuit alleges that landlords used RealPage’s revenue-management software, including products the notice names as Revenue Management Solutions, Lease Rent Options, YieldStar and AI Revenue Management, in ways that pushed rents up. The settlements resolve those claims against 40 named defendants for a combined fund of $359,925,000.
The settlements have been preliminarily approved, not finally approved. That distinction shapes the whole calendar. Claims are being collected now, but the administrator states plainly that “there will be no payments at this time.” Money moves only after the court grants final approval on or after the October 15 hearing, and only to people who filed.
Who counts as a class member
The settlement class covers “all persons and entities in the United States and its territories who paid rent on at least one multifamily residential real estate lease” at a property that used one of the RealPage products named above, at any time between October 18, 2018 and November 21, 2025. That is a seven-year window, so a renter who has since moved, or who rented in several cities, may have more than one qualifying lease in the period.
Who is affected, then, is anyone who paid rent on a qualifying multifamily lease between October 18, 2018 and November 21, 2025, and what they now have to decide is whether to file a claim before January 29, 2027, using the dates and lease records they can reconstruct.
Sorting out which of several past leases fall inside the class period is mostly a dates exercise, and The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice along with a claim log and payment tracker.
Open the four-date notice guide for the RealPage case →
For a household, the practical test is two questions. Did a lease in the period cover a multifamily building, meaning an apartment complex rather than a single-family rental? And was that building at a property that used one of the named RealPage tools, whether or not the landlord is among the settling companies? The class definition on the administrator’s page, not a landlord’s marketing, decides who is in.
A renter who stayed in the class by doing nothing on September 22 did not give up the right to claim. Opting out was the step that would have removed a renter from the class and preserved the ability to sue separately. That deadline is now behind everyone, so the live question for the class is only whether and when to file.
The 40 settling defendants
The administrator lists 40 settling entities. They are Allied Orion Group LLC; Apartment Income REIT Corp.; Avenue5 Residential LLC; Bell Partners Inc.; BH Management Services LLC; Bozzuto Management Co.; Brookfield Properties Multifamily LLC; Camden Property Trust; CH Real Estate Services LLC; CONAM Management Corporation; Cortland Management LLC; Crow Holdings LP; Trammell Crow Residential Co.; CWS Apartment Homes LLC; ECI Management LLC; Equity Residential; First Communities Management Inc.; FPI Management Inc.; Greystar Management Services LLC; Highmark Residential LLC; Kairoi Management LLC; Knightvest Residential; Lantower Luxury Living LLC; Lincoln Property Co.; Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.; Mission Rock Residential LLC; Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC; Prometheus Real Estate Group Inc.; Rose Associates Inc.; RPM Living LLC; Sares Regis Management Company LP; Security Properties Residential LLC; Sherman Associates Inc.; Simpson Property Group LLC; The Related Companies LP; Related Management Co. LP; Thrive Communities Management LLC; Windsor Property Management Co.; WinnCompanies LLC; WinnResidential Manager Corp.
Counts differ between outlets. Some aggregators describe “37 settlements,” while the administrator names 40 entities, because several of the companies settled jointly. The administrator’s list of named parties is the one to rely on.
Why the October 15 date can still move
A hearing nine days away is not yet a ruling. A judge can approve the settlements as proposed, ask for changes, or reschedule, and any slip could push back the timeline that follows. The administrator’s page showed no changed dates when it was read on October 6, 2026. It also states no per-renter estimate, which matters for budgeting: the $359,925,000 fund is a total for the whole class, not an amount any single household should expect, and the size of an individual payment will depend on how many valid claims arrive and on what the court approves.
A renter planning around this money should treat it as unscheduled. There is no payment date, no payment amount, and no promise of either until final approval comes and the claims are processed.
Gathering lease records before the January 29 deadline
The route that costs nothing is the claim form at realpagerentalsettlement.com. The administrator says filing is required and that “submitting a claim is the only way to be eligible to receive payment from Settlements.” The claim must be received by January 29, 2027.
Before opening the form, a household can pull together the street address and unit of each apartment rented since October 2018, the move-in and move-out months, the name of the management company on the lease or on rent receipts, and the monthly rent. Old leases, portal statements and bank records usually carry all four. A building’s management company is worth checking against the list of 40 above.
Opt-out and objection rights ended on September 22, so there is nothing left to decide on those fronts. Keep a copy of the confirmation page after filing, and watch the administrator’s site after October 15 for the final approval outcome and any revised dates.
MoneyPilot is a paid subscription service that lists open class-action settlements and shows which ones may match a renter, and it files claim forms and tracks deadlines and payout status.
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This piece was drafted with AI assistance; the figures and dates were checked against the RealPage rental settlement administrator’s website linked above.
