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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.

โ€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] 66 points 10 months ago

Modest is what we had before. Never vote Conservative.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

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