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Your rent has gone up 30% in a year? Most places in the US have laws which limit yearly rent increases to the low single digits.
by IAmGraydon 5y ago
Your rent has gone up 30% in a year? Most places in the US have laws which limit yearly rent increases to the low single digits.
- mikewarot 5y ago>Most places in the US have laws which limit yearly rent increases to the low single digits. Even if that were true, how does that knowledge help? Legal fights of that nature take resources and time, which most people don't have.
- bawolff 5y agoMost other countries have tennancy boards and things so you can enforce your rights without expensive lawsuits. Does usa not have that?
- blitzar 5y agoHaving lived in multiple (mostly first world countries) I have never experienced this outside of the state free / subsidised housing sector.
- bawolff 5y agoMaybe its not as common as i thought. Here's an example in canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal_administratif_du_logement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal_administratif_du_loge... . Several, but not all provinces in Canada have similar administrative tribunals instead of the normal court system to resolve resedential rental disputes.
- dbetteridge 5y agohttps://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/housing-and-accommodation https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/housing-a... Department of Commerce/Consumer protection in Australia. They'll give basic advice and you can attend a Magistrates court for more difficult issues for a nominal fee.