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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.

β€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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.