Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent

Posted by Ac on 1/20/2012, 9:56:03, in reply to "Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent"

Thx guys, will try those avenues and post the results --Previous Message-- : Bibby, TCHC is exempt from the rent control : provisions of the TPA with regard to thier : "market rent" apartments. : : AC, perhaps you could take your concerns to : the media. Joe Fiorito at the Star often : writes about TCHC's dealings with tenants. : : : http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1107363--fiorito-an-insider-s-complaint-about-public-housing : : --Previous Message-- : The max a landlord can raise rent this year : (2012) is 3.1 percent. : : The max it could be raised last year was .7 : percent (2011) : : If what you are saying is true this year it : sounds like it would be reasonable, but if : the landlord raised rent for more than .7 : percent last year you could take them to the : land lord tenant board. : : Anything above the regulated percentage a : month a landlord has to go to a hearing a : prove that the rent increase is justified. : : : : http://www.ltb.gov.on.ca/en/Key_Information/STDPROD_067677.html : : : : --Previous Message-- : I have been renting with Toronto Community : Housing at market rent. I live alone and : work with barely any salary increase yearly : but my rent increase has been over 3% yearly : for the past few years. Just got a letter : stating the. Rent will jump $35 a month! : Tchc doesn't fall into the same rules of : other buildings with 1.5% to protect it : subsidized tenants yet they abuse this with : their market rent tenants! I'm paying : roughly $100 more a month then I was when I : moved in 3 years ago!, any advice? I can't : see the office caring if I tell them and who : do you complain to when the city is the : landlord? I love where I live but can't take : getting poorer each year! Thx : : : : :

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Message Thread Rent increase TCHC market rent - Ac 12/26/2011, 18:32:39 Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent - Bibby 1/6/2012, 13:28:38 Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent - Jamie 1/15/2012, 7:39:38 Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent - landlord 1/9/2012, 13:56:41 Re: Rent increase TCHC market rent - Ac 1/20/2012, 9:56:03 « Back to index

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