RealPage rent settlement: what the notice says
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Open for claims
Claim deadline: (ends at 11:59 p.m. EST), submitted online or received by this date.
The day ends at the time the notice gives, in its time zone; days left are counted by the date on this device.
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Renters say a group of landlords and property managers used RealPage pricing software to fix and inflate apartment rents; the settling defendants deny all wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who is right or wrong. If you paid rent directly to a landlord or manager for a unit on the settlement's Property List during the class period, a claim form is the only way to ask for a share of the money. The judge granted final approval on October 15, 2026, and claims stay open until January 29, 2027.
Key facts
- Case
- In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II), No. 3:23-md-03071 (MDL No. 3071) U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division (Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.) Official settlement websitechecked October 18, 2026
- Defendant
- Settling defendants: 40 landlords and property managers, including Greystar, Equity Residential, Camden, Mid-America, Cortland, Bozzuto, AIR Communities (full list in footnote 1 of the long-form notice). RealPage itself, Essex, UDR and others are non-settling defendants.
- Who is included
- People and entities in the U.S. and its territories who paid rent on at least one multifamily lease directly to an owner or manager on a property licensed for RealPage's Revenue Management Solutions (including Lease Rent Options and YieldStar) at any time from October 18, 2018 through November 21, 2025. Being on the Property List is required for a payment; receiving a notice does not by itself make someone a class member.
- Claim deadline
- (ends at 11:59 p.m. EST) submitted online or received by this date U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026
- Opt-out (exclusion) deadline
- Objection deadline
- Final approval hearing
- U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026
- What a claimant can receive
- Cash from a $359,925,000 fund, after court-approved fees, costs and taxes. Pro rata by rent paid during the class period on listed properties, adjusted by estimated overcharges (plan of allocation, approved by the court on October 15, 2026, with a $10 minimum distribution). No per-person amount is stated. Final approval was granted on October 15, 2026; no payments will be made until the settlements take effect (the Effective Date depends on whether anyone appeals). The claim form offers PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, a virtual prepaid card or a paper check. U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026
- Proof of purchase or loss needed
- Yes, documents showing rent paid at each address, unless the administrator fills in the claim form from the settling landlords' records (then no supporting documents)
- Tier without proof
- No
- Settlement administrator
- Angeion Group
- Official settlement website
- realpagerentalsettlement.com
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Who is included, and who is not
The class covers people who paid rent on at least one multifamily lease directly to an owner or manager, at a property licensed for RealPage's revenue management products (the notice names Lease Rent Options and YieldStar among them), at any time from October 18, 2018 through November 21, 2025 U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026.
Three limits in the long-form notice and the claim form decide who can be paid:
- A payment is possible only for a unit on the Property List. The list is a search on the official website, not a document you can download, and this page does not reproduce it.
- Getting a notice, or renting in a listed building, does not by itself make you a class member. The notice says so in those terms.
- You can claim only rent you paid directly. When several people shared a lease, each one files for their own portion.
These settlements are with the settling landlords and managers only. RealPage itself and several other companies did not settle, and the case goes on against them.
How notices for this case are being sent
The court's order approving the notice plan, and the administrator's later declaration, describe several channels at once:
- an email whose sender line reads "Settlement Administrator", carrying a notice ID and a confirmation code;
- a mailed postcard with a notice ID;
- a summary notice with a QR code, published in The New York Times, plus press releases;
- a toll-free line, 1-888-995-4213, answered in English and Spanish, according to the administrator's declaration.
The court exhibits do not state the domain the emails come from, so this page lists none. To test a message, compare its web address and phone number with the official ones in the key facts above; our notice check walks through it.
The official website carries a boxed statement that no one needs to sign up or pay an attorney, company or individual to file a claim, and an FAQ warns that outside claim-filing services may charge substantial fees. The court also ordered a supplemental notice for people contacted by one law firm that said it would ask for their exclusion: no such exclusion counts unless the person confirmed it.
What a class member can do, and by when
| Step | Date | How the deadline is measured |
|---|---|---|
| File a claim | January 29, 2027, 11:59 p.m. EST | Submitted online, or a paper form received by the administrator by then. There is no postmark rule. |
| Exclude yourself (opt out) | September 22, 2026 | A hand-signed letter received by the administrator. Passed. |
| Object | September 22, 2026 | Filed with the Clerk of Court and mailed to class counsel. Passed. |
| Ask to speak at the hearing | September 22, 2026 | A notice of intent to appear, filed with the Clerk. Passed. |
| Final approval hearing | October 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Central Time | Held at Courtroom 5D, Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse, 719 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37203; final approval granted October 15, 2026. |
The court moved the exclusion and objection dates once (see Order resetting deadlines, with supplemental notice from the administrator); the table shows the dates it set. Both have passed, so the only step still open is the claim. For a paper form, "received by" means the form must be in the administrator's hands by that day, not merely mailed; our deadlines guide explains the difference.
The claim form gives its own P.O. box for paper claims, separate from the box the notice gives for letters and exclusion requests.
What a claimant can receive
The settling defendants agreed to pay $359,925,000 U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026 into a cash fund and to change some business practices. After court-approved fees, costs and taxes, the fund is split pro rata, which means in proportion: the notice says shares are "based on rent paid during the Class Period," adjusted for estimated overcharges under the plan of allocation. Class counsel could ask for up to “one-third of the Settlement Fund” as attorneys' fees; in a separate order of October 15, 2026 the court awarded $119,975,000 plus interest, reimbursed $14,674,964.91 in past litigation expenses and set aside $3,500,000 for future ones, all paid from the fund. The same day the court approved the plan of allocation, which pays each authorized claimant in proportion to the rent paid, adjusted by a market-specific overcharge estimate, with a $10 minimum distribution.
The notice states plainly that it is not known whether, or precisely how much, each class member will receive. No official document gives an amount per renter, and this page does not estimate one.
On proof, the claim form asks for at least one document showing rent paid for one month and year at each address: a lease, renter's insurance, a rent ledger, resident-portal payment confirmations, bank statements, canceled checks or money order receipts. There is an exception. The court-ordered supplemental notice says that where the settling landlords' rental records identify you, the administrator fills in the claim form for you and no supporting documents are needed, and the administrator's declaration says people who got an email notice may be able to use a pre-filled online form. The claim form offers payment by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, a virtual prepaid card or a paper check.
What happens next
The court granted final approval on October 15, 2026, the day of the hearing. The order (Dkt. 1619, October 15, 2026: "the motion (Doc. No. 1552) is GRANTED") certifies the class for settlement purposes, finds the notice program sufficient, rules that the objections filed are overruled, lists by name the people whose exclusions were granted, approves the plan of allocation and dismisses the case against the settling defendants; the claims against RealPage and the other non-settling defendants are expressly kept alive. Fees and expenses were awarded in a separate order the same day. The official website still says there will be no payments at this time.
Payment waits for the Effective Date. The injunction order entered with the judgment defines it as the point when the time to appeal has run out with no appeal, or an appeal has been decided and the approval affirmed. No document gives that date, and this page does not predict one; our payments guide explains how an appeal delays payment. The claim stays open until January 29, 2027, so a renter who has not filed can still do so.
In its declaration to the court before the hearing, the administrator reported more than 138,000 U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.checked October 18, 2026 claim forms received and 1,456 exclusion requests, the second figure still subject to validation and removal of duplicates. The administrator is now directed to administer the settlements under the approved plan.
Where messages and documents do not match
- A reminder email filed as a court exhibit still shows the original exclusion date. The court later moved it to September 22, 2026; the order controls.
- The long-form notice says you cannot exclude yourself by phone or email. The supplemental notice let one group, the people contacted by the law firm mentioned above, confirm online, by email or by mail. That second rule never applied to everyone.
- The court order labels the hearing time "CST", the notices "CT". In October the correct label is Central Time.
- The home page of the official site still says "If the Court enters Final Approval" and "There will be no payments at this time," while its Important Documents page carries the final approval order of October 15, 2026. The order controls; the no-payment statement stays true until the Effective Date.
- Some messages from outside firms told renters that no action was needed or that the firm would handle their claim. The court ordered the corrective notice described above because of this, and the official site says filing directly is free.
Sources
- Home - In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)Official settlement website
- Notice of Class Action Settlements (Long Form)U.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Claim FormSettlement administrator
- Order resetting deadlines, with supplemental notice from the administratorU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Order Approving Notice Plan and Preliminarily Approving Plan of AllocationU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Declaration of Steven Weisbrot (Angeion) re implementation of the notice planU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Final Approval of SettlementsU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Final Approval Order and JudgmentU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Injunction Order Regarding Approved SettlementsU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- Order granting interim attorneys' fees, reimbursement of litigation expenses, a future litigation expense fund and service awardsU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
- ContactOfficial settlement website
- Important DocumentsOfficial settlement website
- Summary Notice of Proposed Class Action SettlementsU.S. District Court, M.D. Tenn.
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