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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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[-] 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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