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

    Good catch. And yet I’m getting downvoted 🤷‍♂️

    Witch hunts on lemmy are even more indiscriminate than they were on Reddit. There’s just no in between.

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      1 year ago

      You said there is no information on the initial rent, but there is. So why should people not down vote you?

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        1 year ago

        Yes, let’s ignore the guy who made the inaccurate claim, which is the entire reason I asked for a source