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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] 225 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It shows that "no rent control" basically means "your landlord can throw you out at any time without notice" by raising rent to a ludicrous amount. It completely undermines all other tenant protections. Even conservatives should be supporting at least modest rent controls to prevent cases like this.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Most conservatives are middle class small business owners and landlords, this is why they are always supportive of "small government" it's just a dog whistle for unregulated market.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I saw a documentary that spoke to some Twump (sic) supporters who lived in a shithole building that they didn't realize was owned by the Kushners. I can't recall anything else about it that might help identify it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They're not generally cartoonish evil, I'm sure they agree that some tenant protections against sudden eviction are a good thing, and allowing unlimited rent hikes completely obliterates all that.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They're not generally cartoonish evil

You really need to look at how they're talking on landlord forums and such, the way they speak about tenants. Reality will remove this naive idea from your mind.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree they are not cartoonishly evil, in so far as that a cartoon villain usually is thwarted by good through the power of friendship. Real villains don't have such opposition.

[–] ZodiacSF1969 5 points 1 year ago

I hope you are tipping your landlord 20%

Sent from my iPhone

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From my experience most people don't care until they're inconvenienced in some way, so they won't have an opinion on it so they wait until someone they rely on and trust to tell them how they should feel. I think we all know which entertainment network is going to tell them all about why rent control is ruining Canada/America.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I read a study that showed they’d rather hurt themselves than help others, even if helping others helped themselves as well, directly or indirectly. It tracks, frankly

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

this is why they are always supportive of β€œsmall government” it’s just a dog whistle for unregulated market.

A "dog whistle" is something disguising the true message, while there's no attempt to hide it here.

(I am in support of an unregulated market, but also of trade unions and consumer unions and anarcho-syndicalism, which are natural parts of it)

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modest is what we had before. Never vote Conservative.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think last year's inflation spike demonstrates that "2.5% per year regardless of your carrying costs or maintenance costs changing due to interest rates and inflation" is not modest. A reasonable rent control policy would let landlords gradually adapt to market realities without giving them the power to gouge or de-facto evict tenants with sudden rent spikes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I don't know how this law passed but it should definitely be repealed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, your rent is now $1 million. A month.