cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72060088

Tenants at a west-end Toronto apartment building have ended their months-long rent strike after they say the landlord withdrew an attempt to retroactively increase rents by more than five per cent.

Advocates are hailing it as a victory amid a surge of rent strikes across Toronto in recent years, with hundreds of tenants protesting what they call deteriorating living conditions and unfair rent hikes.

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    5 days ago

    The company said it has invested over $3.3 million to improve the tenants’ quality of life

    This is never the reason. They are growing the value of their asset. They don’t give the slightest shit about the tenants.