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'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month
(toronto.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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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.
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.
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.
@JohnnyCanuck @asdfasdfasdf
#DrugFraud 's legacy.
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@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
You write 'doubled' funny.
I didn't catch that it doubled. Jeez. Landlord is a tool.
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
Which means an initial rent of about $2500? So not doubled.
Good catch. And yet I'm getting downvoted π€·ββοΈ
Witch hunts on lemmy are even more indiscriminate than they were on Reddit. There's just no in between.
You said there is no information on the initial rent, but there is. So why should people not down vote you?
Yes, let's ignore the guy who made the inaccurate claim, which is the entire reason I asked for a source
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