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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.

โ€œWe 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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[-] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Good catch. And yet I'm getting downvoted ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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

[-] agarorn@feddit.de 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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