girlfreddySep 6, 2023

'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month

https://lemmy.ca/post/4748568

'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month - Lemmy.ca

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. “We 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.

Show threadsndmnSep 6, 2023
Name them and shame them.
Show threadSmkSep 6, 2023
Before mobbing the landlord, it would be a good idea to know what’s the real story behind this. Maybe the sisters were assholes. We don’t know that.
Show threadLeFantomeSep 7, 2023

Ya. It sounds like they wanted to raise the rent to $3500 which the landlord clearly thought was being reasonable for this building. They bitched about it so the landlord raised the rent high enough to get rid of them.

Sounds like the gambled and lost. Instead of going to the news, they should have tried to negotiate back to $3500 or something close. Good luck now.

Show threadbaconisavegSep 7, 2023
Bumping the rent from $2500 to $3500/month is clearly not reasonable.
Show threadddkmanSep 7, 2023
This really depends. If the building is rentable for 5000 than it is. Like it or not.
Show threadMisterScruffySep 7, 2023
You like profiting from others misery. It’s not illegal and it’s not generally even frowned upon but it’s still shitty and you have to own it
Show threadutopianrevoltSep 7, 2023
You forgot to add an overly pretentious “like it or not” at the end of your reply.
Show threadRocket
Thanks for adding it. Where would we be without your over pretentiousness?
Sep 7, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb