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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.

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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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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.