Attorney General Jeff Jackson has sued six landlords for illegally working together to raise North Carolinians’ rents.

Just days after being sworn into office, new North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has sued seven large companies that own thousands of apartments and other housing units, alleging they've been illegally colluding to raise rents,

An amended complaint names six landlords as defendants in ongoing litigation that North Carolina and several other states, along with the federal government, began in August.

The Justice Department, with its state co-plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint Tuesday in its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, to sue Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (Greystar); Blackstone's LivCor LLC (LivCor);