NAA: What’s All This Talk About Revenue Management and Antitrust Violations?

Understanding how antitrust laws could affect the way rental housing professionals set rents for apartment communities given recent scrutiny of revenue management tools.

Beginning in the 1980s, the airline industry was the subject of antitrust enforcement actions by the DOJ after companies were found to have entered into price-fixing agreements. Now, Big Tech companies have been the primary focus of antitrust enforcement. Given that virtually every industry relies on these companies’ technological advances, it is no surprise that their customers, like multifamily owners and management firms, are now a target. 

One prominent software provider for the rental housing industry was the target of an investigative report that takes issue with the industry's use of revenue management tools….Read more.