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.

  • @Dkarma
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    -131 year ago

    I never said this. This is the definition of a strawman.

    • @[email protected]
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      -91 year ago

      I’m surprised you’re getting downvoted so heavily here, they’re literally arguing a point you didn’t make.

      • @Bytemeister
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        -41 year ago

        Lotta justified anti-landlord sentiment is overflowing the barriers of nuance and creating a flood of “everything should be free in a perfect society” quasi-marxism.