Two sisters were shocked when a Toronto landlord raised their rent by $7,000 per month.

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.

  • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
    55·
    1 year ago

    Source on doubled? There’s no mention in the article of the initial rent

    Edit: For all we know the initial rent increase could have been $50. But sure, I’m the bad guy for pointing out lack of info

    • compost_the_rich@slrpnk.net
      9·
      1 year ago

      Sisters Khadeja and Yumna Farooq say a Toronto landlord is raising their rent by $7,000 per month

      Which means an initial rent of about $2500? So not doubled.

      • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
        45·
        1 year ago

        Good catch. And yet I’m getting downvoted 🤷‍♂️

        Witch hunts on lemmy are even more indiscriminate than they were on Reddit. There’s just no in between.

        • agarorn@feddit.de
          41·
          1 year ago

          You said there is no information on the initial rent, but there is. So why should people not down vote you?

          • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
            12·
            1 year ago

            Yes, let’s ignore the guy who made the inaccurate claim, which is the entire reason I asked for a source