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'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] -1 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 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?

[–] [email protected] -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