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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.

β€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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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

raised the rent initially by a smaller amount.

You write 'doubled' funny.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good catch. And yet I'm getting downvoted πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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

[–] agarorn@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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