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'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

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The landlord had told them he wanted to raise the rent to $3,500 and when they complained he decided to raise it to $9,500.

“We know that our building is not rent controlled and this was something we were always worried about happening and there is no way we can afford $9,500 per month," Yumna Farooq said.

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[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They must have really pissed off the landlord. It doesn't say what they asked for in the lease agreement changes... Or what they said to him when they "complained" when he raised the rent initially by a smaller amount.

Still ridiculous that it's legal to raise rent by that much, but oof, if you're in one of those buildings, be nice to your landlord.

Edit: i think people are taking what I said the wrong way - I'm saying with the way things are, if landlords can get away with this, they hold all the power!

Edit2: I guess I'm the bad guy here, but I recommend you focus your rage on Ford who set this shit up in the first place.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

raised the rent initially by a smaller amount.

You write 'doubled' funny.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Source on doubled? There's no mention in the article of the initial rent

Edit: For all we know the initial rent increase could have been $50. But sure, I'm the bad guy for pointing out lack of info

[-] compost_the_rich@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

Sisters Khadeja and Yumna Farooq say a Toronto landlord is raising their rent by $7,000 per month

Which means an initial rent of about $2500? So not doubled.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 4 points 2 years ago

Good catch. And yet I'm getting downvoted 🤷‍♂️

Witch hunts on lemmy are even more indiscriminate than they were on Reddit. There's just no in between.

[-] agarorn@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

You said there is no information on the initial rent, but there is. So why should people not down vote you?

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, let's ignore the guy who made the inaccurate claim, which is the entire reason I asked for a source

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I didn't catch that it doubled. Jeez. Landlord is a tool.

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

If the landlord cares about something then they should have put it in the contract and then kicked them out due to that. Raising pricing is not necessary.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah agreed but because of the lack of rent control they don't have to. That's my point. They hold a lot of power being able to do what they want with rent changes alone.

[-] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 6 points 2 years ago

@JohnnyCanuck @asdfasdfasdf

#DrugFraud 's legacy.

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

[-] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 5 points 2 years ago

@asdfasdfasdf

He removed rent control from units less than 5 years old back in 2018.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rent-control-reforms-could-mark-return-to-sky-high-increases-for-toronto-tenants-advocates-warn-1.4908665

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

yeah they probably wanted their broken toilet to flush and the landlord was so aggrieved at the insult that they actually have to do something they flew into a rage