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.

  • corsicanguppy
    173·
    10 months ago

    raised the rent initially by a smaller amount.

    You write ‘doubled’ funny.

    • JohnnyCanuck
      3·
      10 months ago

      I didn’t catch that it doubled. Jeez. Landlord is a tool.

    • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
      55·
      10 months 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·
        10 months 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·
          10 months 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·
            10 months 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·
              10 months ago

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