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'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.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.

“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.

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm guessing there's a rule against this, unless he can find another tenant that will actually pay that.

[-] Tired8281@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

It won't be that price for a new tenant. This is special just for them.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think you're right, and I'm pretty sure this is super illegal as a result.

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

There is nothing in the RTA that says they can't do this

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hmm, so it doesn't look like there's a rule against evicting someone for no reason, unless you can prove discrimination, which is mildly surprising to me, ~~but there is a cap on the amount they can bump up rent without special permission in many types of units. Based on that the landlord doesn't have a leg to stand on unless they switch to just openly telling the person to leave, but IANAL.~~

Edit: Oh wait, it says it's a brand new unit that this doesn't apply to. RIP.