Canada

Assuming that's a photo of the apartment, that shit would be like 15k a month in NY. Not that any of it's right, just, or moral, but they definitely had it better than most to be paying that little for what many would consider quite a luxury apartment.

Sounds like they're living in a high demand luxury apartment with a great view from the looks of it. Landlord just told em they fucked around and are going to find out now. The price is clearly because they don't want to deal with them anymore.

I kind of don't understand everyone's hate on landlords. My landlord increased my rent from $450 to $640 this year, but that's market rate and I'd have to pay the same or more if I tried to find another one, so I'm not even mad. When COVID hit a couple years ago and immigration stopped happening he dropped my rental from $600 to $400 so it works the other way as well.

It is just supply and demand and I don't see how it is any different to any other market.

A landlord has an absolute right to raise rent whenever he feels like it. Don’t like it? Buy your own house!

They must have really pissed off the landlord. It doesn't say what they asked for in the lease agreement changes... Or what they said to him when they "complained" when he raised the rent initially by a smaller amount.

Still ridiculous that it's legal to raise rent by that much, but oof, if you're in one of those buildings, be nice to your landlord.

Edit: i think people are taking what I said the wrong way - I'm saying with the way things are, if landlords can get away with this, they hold all the power!

Edit2: I guess I'm the bad guy here, but I recommend you focus your rage on Ford who set this shit up in the first place.