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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    1 year ago

    toronto isn’t NY.

    same thing might be $2k USD equivilant in Adelaide. did you actually consider location might be a factor here?