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Originally Posted by Swarly
pretty unfair statement, it's also not the landlord's fault that you have made poor life decisions and now are unable to afford the current cost of living in Calgary.
seems like simply supply and demand here, and people trying to live above their means. FYI a search on rentfaster.ca shows nearly 100 places for rent today between 400 and 600 /month (400 min to weed out the garages for rent). nearly 400 between 600 and 1000/month. not really understanding what the problem is...
I say this as renter who's lease is up at the end of Nov. Expecting to recieve the new lease forms any day now. I would not be surprised in the least if my rent goes up by about 20-30% at which point I have 2 choices, pay it or move
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I looked on rentfaster using your parameters. Everything in that range is for renting a room, with a shared common area. I'm sure that any of us could come up with a dozen reasons why this would not be an ideal living situation. I'll start with the term 'single parent' and everyone can work backwards from there.
'Weed out garages for rent', has me wondering if there are garages in this city not being used to park cars.
Also, the decision on whether to pay or to move is going to change in tone when the market shifts downward. It's rare for a landlord to lower the rent, so eventually a tenant will give notice and a landlord will lower the rent on an empty apartment, losing that valuable tenant. Losing even one month of rent might offset the lesser raise in rent now, that would ensure the cooperation of tenant in the future concerning their occupancy.