RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson took legal action Tuesday against six landlords accused of illegally raising rent prices in the state.

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,

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);