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submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@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.

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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[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 235 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] extant@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] PaganDude@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 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@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I hope you are tipping your landlord 20%

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