The court hearing that decides whether $359,925,000 in rent-fixing settlements gets final approval is scheduled for October 15, 2026, and the claim window stays open for another three and a half months after it. The settlement website lists January 29, 2027 as the date claims must be submitted online or received. The money, about $359.9 million in all, comes from landlords and property managers that licensed RealPage’s rent-pricing software, including Greystar and Camden.
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Who counts as a renter in the class
The case is In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II), No. 3:23-md-03071, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The settlement class covers all persons and entities in the United States and its territories who paid rent directly to an owner, manager or owner-operator on a multifamily lease at a property licensed for RealPage’s revenue management software (LRO, YieldStar or AIRM), between October 18, 2018 and November 21, 2025.
That definition is about the building, not the renter’s income, age or how long the lease lasted. A household that moved twice in those seven years may have three addresses to look up. The site has a property lookup where each address can be checked against the Property List.
What does a renter actually do with that list? Check every address lived at during the class period and write down the lease dates for each one that appears. The site says submitting a claim is “the only way to be eligible to receive payment” from the settlements.
The RealPage notice carries three dates, and only January 29, 2027 is the claim deadline. The Settlement & Refund Recovery System walks through the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice and gives a step-by-step filing walkthrough.
The 40 settling landlords and managers
The site names 40 settling defendants. Among them are Greystar Management Services, Camden Property Trust, Equity Residential, Lincoln Property Co., Mid-America Apartment Communities, Brookfield Properties Multifamily, Bozzuto Management Co., Cortland Management, WinnCompanies, Related Management Co. and AIR Communities. RealPage, the software company, is not among the settling defendants on the site’s list.
The defendants deny all allegations of wrongdoing. The plaintiffs allege that the landlords and managers exchanged competitively sensitive pricing and leasing information through the software and inflated rents as a result. The court has not ruled on that claim, and the settlements resolve it without a finding.
Three dates on the notice
- September 22, 2026: the deadline to opt out or object. It has passed.
- October 15, 2026: the fairness hearing, where the court decides whether to grant final approval. Attendance is optional, and the site says to watch its page for updates.
- January 29, 2027: the deadline to submit a claim.
The fund is the settlements’ combined total “if approved by the Court.” The court has so far only preliminarily approved them. The site is blunt about timing: “There will be no payments at this time,” and money goes out later if final approval is entered. Class action news site ClassAction.org adds that payments start only after final approval and any appeals are resolved.
Two rounds of settlements, and a case that continues
The $359,925,000 is not one deal. ClassAction.org counts 37 settlements: 26 that the court preliminarily approved in November 2025, and 11 more, covering 14 companies, that it preliminarily approved on May 22, 2026. The suit itself, filed September 1, 2023, goes on against defendants that have not settled. The software named in the allegations includes Revenue Management Solutions, Lease Rent Options, YieldStar and AI Revenue Management.
The settlement website presents them together under one claim deadline, January 29, 2027, so a renter’s job is to check the property list instead of sorting out which round a landlord belongs to.
What a payment might look like
The settlement website does not say how much any renter will get. ClassAction.org reports that payments are planned as pro rata cash amounts based on rent paid, adjusted for estimated overcharges. In plain terms, someone who paid more rent over more months in covered buildings would get a bigger share, and the final size depends on how many valid claims come in.
The site also says that nobody has to sign up with or pay another attorney, company or individual to file. Claims are filed through the “Submit a Claim” link on the settlement website itself.
Filing a RealPage claim before January 29
Start at the settlement website and open the property lookup. Search every apartment, townhome or condo rented between October 18, 2018 and November 21, 2025, using the street address on the lease. A renter whose building does not appear can use the Contact page on the site to ask before deciding to skip it.
Before filing, pull together the move-in and move-out dates, the landlord or management company’s name from the lease, and rent receipts, bank records or payment confirmations. Keep a copy of the confirmation page, with the date, after submitting.
Anyone offering to file the claim for a fee should be treated with caution, since the site says paying someone is not required. The claim deadline is January 29, 2027, and the site says submitting a claim is required to be paid.
One fund, a long list of buildings to track
A renter with several addresses in a seven-year span has several claims to file and several dates to remember, and RealPage is only one of the open class-action settlements out there. MoneyPilot lists open class-action settlements and shows which ones may match a renter, files claim forms on the renter’s behalf and tracks deadlines and payout status. It is a paid subscription service.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
