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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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[–] extant@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most conservatives are middle class small business owners and landlords, this is why they are always supportive of "small government" it's just a dog whistle for unregulated market.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not generally cartoonish evil, I'm sure they agree that some tenant protections against sudden eviction are a good thing, and allowing unlimited rent hikes completely obliterates all that.

[–] PaganDude@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean, worse than you speak of landlords?

[–] Rambi@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

False dicotomy. People talk shit about landlords because of how they're treated by them. Landlords talk shit about tenants because they're pieces of shit which is the same reason they treat tenants like shit.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

And how are they treated by them, exactly? Asked to pay for the space provided?