North Carolina AG LivCor algorithmic rent settlement (2026)

North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, joining a NINE-STATE AG COALITION (NC, MN, CA, CO, CT, IL, MA, OR, TN), entered a CONSENT DECREE with LIVCOR LLC (Blackstone-owned property management firm) on JUNE 26, 2026 in the MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA as part of US v. RealPage Inc., No. 1:24-cv-00710. SETTLEMENT AMOUNT: $7 MILLION, distributed among the nine co-plaintiff state AGs. OPERATIVE PROHIBITION: LivCor is permanently barred from using ALGORITHMIC PRICING SOFTWARE to COORDINATE RENTS WITH COMPETING LANDLORDS — the core anticompetitive mechanism the DOJ complaint identified in the RealPage revenue management system. NC-SPECIFIC SCOPE: LivCor managed approximately 3,500 APARTMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. INSTRUMENT CLASS: an enforcement consent decree rather than legislation or an executive order. The prohibition runs as a court order binding on LivCor and its successors, and differs in that respect from a statute (which would be generally applicable to all landlords). THE NORTH CAROLINA GEOGRAPHIC FACT IS SIGNIFICANT: the consent decree was entered IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, reflecting that a substantial portion of the LivCor units that are the subject of the litigation are in North Carolina. AG Jackson followed up with a WARNING to other property management companies in the state that the same conduct faces the same exposure. RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL ENTRY: DOJ-RealPage Consent Decree (algorithmic rent) indexes the DOJ's own case and notes the June 26, 2026 LivCor consent decree in its notes field; this entry captures the NORTH CAROLINA STATE-LEVEL enforcement angle, including the NC AG's specific participation, the 3,500 NC-unit scope, and the post-settlement warning to other NC landlords. SOUTHEAST/ALGORITHMIC RENT CONTEXT: this is the most significant SE-state algorithmic rent action in the dataset. Tennessee was a co-plaintiff but has not separately enacted algorithmic rent legislation; GA, SC, AL and MS have no indexed algorithmic rent instruments. The federal RealPage litigation itself is one of the most consequential AI/algorithmic enforcement actions in the dataset given its market impact — RealPage's YieldStar is used by landlords managing millions of US apartments.