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I get so tired of people bitching about rent hikes! I am a landlord who has to pay utilities and taxes on my property. If they go up, I have to download costs to my tenants. I know there are unethical landlords, but there are a lot of good ones as well. I suppose we could let all the beautiful Victorian houses fall down around us so you can pay a low rent, but I and many others are glad they are being saved. If this causes your rent to go up, maybe you could move to a cheaper, less convenient part of town. I think the main bitching should go to the government who doesn’t build enough low-cost housing! ‘Nuff said. —Not the enemy!
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2014.
I’ll give this bitch a pass. A legitimate landlord who looks after their property and tenants has every right to download these costs. Unfortunately, there’s fewer and fewer legitimately good landlords.
No one is bitching about increases in their rent. Your wrong. Go away.
#notalllandlords
I agree with you all the way! Excellent bitch!
AN EXCELLENT BITCH
“I suppose we could let all the beautiful Victorian houses fall down around us so you can pay low rent, but I and many others are glad they are being saved.” Not the enemy!
This is an excellent bitch. Let the low-rent rabble move to Spryfield!
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A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
No one is bitching about downloading reasonable expenses to renters. But if you’re one of those pricks squeezing every penny as a result of an alleged economic boom, then go fuck yourself.
Mod, ban OB unless he’s being reasonable.
I think rent around here is kind of high considering people make 12-20 bucks a hour generally Rents only supposed to be 30 percent of your income, Add in the costs of a vehicle, groceries and utilitys and your cutting it pretty close even at 20 an hour full time
Mr. Meaty nailed it. The problem is that few landlords are content to make a reasonable profit. If we were to have a real economic boom, most landlords would jack their rents as high as they could regardless of whether their expenses went up or not. And it wouldn’t matter how long tennants had lived in a property and paid rent – if they couldn’t afford the jacked-up rent they would be tossed mercilessly from their homes. And that’s why we need rent controls!
Besides, OB, if you can afford to own Victorian rental properties then maybe you have more than your fair share of money, already. Do you really need to make public pleas for more money?
since when should privately owned property be ruled by the NEEDS of renters? if your income is low, you have to find a place you can afford – the market shouldn’t abase itself before you. or go into gov’t housing. the gov’t is there to respond to NEED.
private property determines the price based on what people are willing to pay. market. if no one will rent a 2500/mo place the price will drop til a renter pays that price.
‘reasonable’ has dick all to do with it. same with ‘fair share’ Christ on a Christmas tree.
^^ capitalist feminist^^ Ivan’s gonna have a stroke
The problem is that just about all of the self-decribed “free market” folks want it both ways. When the economy goes well they want to rake in the bucks but when things don’t go well they want government subsidies and tax breaks at the taxpayers’ expense.
And, BTW, I don’t have any problem with someone being succesful or wealthy. It’s just that they should recognize that they are fortunate and stop making pathetic public pleas for more money. So, cry me a river for the poor hard-done-by landlords!
^^ sigh….way to extrapolate. I doubt op is in the same economic pool as General Motors or Exxon – those guys are not free market, they are planets, they create their own gravity which sucks in all the money. they are totalitarian. light years out of capitalism.
ordinary landlords, ‘free market’ people like myself are sink on your own or swim people.
Zeitgeist, it has nothing to do with fortune and everything to do with hard work and investment. Most owners put in a lot more work than their employees, especially in small business.
For those who complain about owners, exactly how much money did you put into the business? How much extra time, and how much sacrifice? Like most employees, you put in your workday, take a cheque, and that is about the only thought you put in to the business.
Landlords aren’t running charities. *shrug*
^^^ I’m not talking about regular folks with a basement or upstairs apartment in their house. All power to them if they can turn their home investment into a few extra bucks. But it makes me sick when I see a so-called capitalist entrepreneurs whining about their profit margins – it’s their decision to invest in rental properties or whatever…..and even more sickening when I see wealthy people lining up to get access to public funding (loans,grants) so that their own capital isn’t at risk.
ok, this post was from a landlord ( he doesn’t say if he is a one property landlord,or a mega corporation with thousands, but I think its a good bet he only has 1-3 rentals) complaining that people who complain about rent increases do not realize he is passing on his increasing costs of doing business. that’s it. I didn’t hear him asking for taxpayers money.
and he didn’t complain about his rising costs – he just accepts it and says that renters should realize this is what drives up rent in his properties. twice you have claimed he is making pleas for money – that just is not what he posted.
save your wrath for the fake capitalists who are actually nation states. the behemoths that don’t want a bloody free market. and whatever you do, do NOT accept an identify/purchasing chip imbedded in your forehead.
“the main bitching should go to the government who doesn’t build enough low-cost housing!”
Translation: don’t control rent, invest millions of taxpayer dollars so i can be unfetteered in my rent increases. Looks like a plea for government funding to me.
Here’s a thought, Fucko the Landlord, maybe you got caught up in the housing bubble that’s about to burst, and paid waaaaayyyyy too much for your properties. Now you have a giant-ass mortgage and no one that wants to spend 2000 plus utilities for your poorly maintained, 2 bedroom, victorian ‘palace’ where you have to beg and plead to have a fucking fish as a pet. With the glut of “luxury” apartment buildings going up offering a free months rent to entice a non existent renter base, good luck getting your retirement score rented. Nothing brings down rent like healthy competition.
Landlords aren’t running charities. *shrug*
that’s not a plea for govt funding for himself. that’s a criticism of govt to pony up subsidized housing for poor folks. that is not ‘lining up to get access to govt funding’ is it?
Halifax is hardly in a runaway inflation boom that would justify rent control. if no one can afford the posted rents the rents have to decrease. landlords don’t usually like units that have no income. in fort mac you can charge 2500 for a closet because the people working there will/can pay it. there is nada for rent, places are being fought over.
that’s not the case here. you want a peninsula character rental you are going to pay for it because the land area is small and the demand is high. you want cheaper – go out to the scenic 101 view blocks being build by the dozens. the ones shimd is talking about.
downtown is always expensive, everywhere (maybe not Detroit nowadays)
we don’t have a bubble here, it wasn’t that big. prices jumped when the contract was announced but not a huge amount. maybe a blister size, somewhat flattish on the top, but not a bubble.
I don’t know about that, GDM. Talk to any real estate agents lately? Talk to any developers with streets of 350,000 – 400,000 houses on the market for 90 – 120 days?
Stagnent real estate market, falling oil prices, and investors running for gold? The pessimist in me sees signs of the “double dip recession” on the horizon. The fall of the “petrodollar” is going to fuck shit up.
i would not like being a landlord
Mad Dog Bolly (sorry for mispronouncing your name, I have a cold) ,
You said, “we don’t have a bubble here”
I say, “I don’t know about a property bubble but I do notice a shortage of capital letters in your posts. If you hold the shift key before you press a letter you will get the capital.”
Hope this helps!
Rents are as high on the peninsula as they are because people will and do pay that much.
What’s hilarious is rentals in my hood (clayton park west). My building is ran by a company who always has waiting lists because they charge rent just below what the other companies charge. Meanwhile, all I see with the other buildings ran by other companies are ‘open house’ signs.
I can guarantee my landlord is making more money charging a little less and having all units rented than the companies charging more and sitting on vacancies.
So you make a profit from doing basically nothing but collecting rent, and occasionally calling in a repair. Fuck you! I thought we left this feudal system shit behind centuries ago.
How exactly are we free when it costs money to do everything, and squatting and vagrancy are illegal?
The second largest country on the planet, and I’m still compelled to make money to fork over to some landed gentry.
We need to bring back commons.
Well if you don’t to pay a “greedy” landlord, then you can pay a “greedy” bank. Zuke I guess, thinks everything should be free. So tell me where in the world is housing free?
Soviet Russia. ^^
And we know how well THAT little experiment worked out.
Since Zeke disdains the sin of property so much, I suggest he form a commune with like minded individuals.
Billy Bragg seems to have plenty of space:
http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2011/0…
I`m sure he wouldn`t mind a few squatters taking back the common land.
Yeah I have seen many of those low-income townhouses… My ex boyfriend used to share one with 3 guys. They’re like rooming houses with a disgusting shared bathroom and shared kitchen and the main areas and they’re ALWAYS nasty as fuck. 90% of landlords out there are slumlords, or they’re stupid enough to rent to college frat boys who destroy their joint.
Here’s some law for ya’ll who be receiving rental increases this year:
Landlords must provide 4 MONTHS’ NOTICE PRIOR TO THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF YOUR TENANCY. Example: If you moved into your shitpit on December 1st. Then say, you get a notice in February of a rental increase. You don’t have to pay it. The landlord would have had to provide notice back on Sept. 1 about the upcoming increase (4 MONTHS’ PRIOR TO THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE TENANCY.) Many landlords don’t know the regulations of the Tenancy Act and feel they can do what they want – and strong-arm tenants into paying whatever they want – not so. I for one wish Halifax would start rent control. These rents are getting ridiculous. A fucking grand for a one-bedroom hole in the wall. And these landlords don’t do shit. They rent out the units and you never see them again, unless your rent payment is late…Den dey magically appear!
NO_FOOL you are correct landlords are supposed to give a tenant 4 months notice prior to a rent increase,if they do not the tenant doesn’t have to pay.
My landlord did that to me, when I spoke to the Tenancy Board he advised me that fighting the increase wasn’t in my best interest because if I’m still living there next year the landlord could raise the rent to any amount he wants to get back at me.
I chose not to fight it.
Just remember every conglomerate today started out as a mom and pop or small business.
hey harper, yeah, I basically sit on viewpoint.ca all day. lol. great website. not selling current place right now because of the flat selling market (not a crash or dump, just a little flattish) but looking to buy another. also daughter is about to buy her first place, so very exciting times. its a very good time to get into a first time home. FIRST TIME, not some idiotic cheaply built developer cookie cutter 325K POS house. even a condo. gad, there’s a 2 bed top floor on windmill for 74K with HARBOUR VIEW. man, if I was younger.
ohhappyday: I’d rather have my rental price locked in til next year’s anniversary date and over the next year, find a new (and cheaper) place to live. I don’t have a fear of change. I love moving into new places in new locations. Landlords do have to follow guidelines on rent hikes, and if they want to increase higher, they need to make an application to the director of tenancies.
Each year, the Residential Tenancies program will publish an Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount, which landlords in land-lease communities must use in determining rent increases for their tenants.
The Annual Allowable Rent Increase Amount (AARIA) will be published on or before March 1st of each year, and is valid for rental increases with an effective date from January 1 to December 31 of the following year.
A landlord may give tenants in a land-lease community a rental increase that is anywhere between zero and the AARIA, using the Notice of Rent Increase form provided.
If a landlord wishes to give a rent increase that is higher than AARIA, the landlord must make an application to director using the guidelines in the Landlord’s Guide to Residential Tenancies.
Oh my lord, BDM and SHITD.
You’ll both be extremely pleased to learn that my comment on this thread has been deleted. I know why and it was justified. I would still prefer to have it posted as it was relevant to the Bitch.
See? No conspiracy here.
^^suck-up^^
^^You’re just like my old high school girlfriend….. so contrary.
So which is it, am I suck up when my comments get deleted or when they don’t get deleted? This really can’t work both ways.
Rent is high on the peninsula for one reason.
Student fucking loans.
They subsidize the south end. People are borrowing from the next 25 years to be “only 10 min from {insert school here}”
It drives the rent through the roof. $3000 for a three bedroom is not unheard of. That’s insane.
Last time I went looking, there was an apartment for $1200. I would have been OK with that, but then they informed me it was going to be $1600 as of september, and if I didn’t pay it someone else would. This was a two bedroom apartment. It wasn’t even that nice.
You’re not going to find a lot of sympathy. A lot of landlords are unholy assholes, and have had a real nice ride for a long time.
” Landlords do have to follow guidelines on rent hikes, and if they want to increase higher, they need to make an application to the director of tenancies. “
There’s a loophole now. Term leases may or may not apply. It can be interpreted that the rent can be raised after a 6 month term lease. It explictly says it can’t be raised for a year, but many landlords are claiming it can if it’s a term lease. At least two major companies.
My MLA was looking into closing the loophole but I don’t know what became of it.
How do you figure I’m part of this conspiracy accusation? Don’t believe I ever accused you of being the mod nor did I suggest any sort of conspiracy. I just called you a bag licker, which i stand by. Guess when you can’t cut and paste from Wikipedia, you get your facts muddled.