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My landlord sent me a voice memo text Christmas afternoon saying, "Hi OP, Merry Christmas. The utilities and property tax are going up and I'm raising your rent $200 extra a month starting Jan 1st."<\/p>\n
My wife and I live in Toronto Ontario, we've never had a lease agreement with this guy and have been living here for around 3 years. We pay rent early every month. It's a 2-bdrm and we pay $1550 including a parking spot and it's right across Christie Park.<\/p>\n
The place is old and he never maintains anything. We've had leaks and water damage in the bathroom and he's asked me to fix it, which I had to do because it began leaking into the business downstairs. When I moved in there were no baseboard heaters and had me install them.<\/p>\n
The list goes on with his violations but we're somewhat committed to staying as we are having a baby very soon and call this place home. I'm looking for advice on the best way to respond, I haven't responded to his VM and he's sent it two more times. I'm nervous if I say no that's illegal he will just serve us an N12 and we'll be evicted.<\/p>\n
Any help would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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