I am forced to move again after 1 year in a building of theirs because they indeed they are raising the rent by 20%, a $400 dollar per month increase -- equal to $4800 per year. They gave us less than 40 days notice of this. It is a terribly inconvenient personal time for me to move but my only choice is to stay and pay these crooks extra and watch them try to raise it again in a year or to leave now before any more money is thrown away. They took forever to respond to an attempt to negotiate and then returned with an offer of a $350 increase per month. I am sickened by this treatment and absolute lack of consideration for what is ethical and humane. Over the last few months, many people have been chased out of the building for this same reason and I wish I had realized the scope of the problem then so I was prepared for this predicament. I am also sickened when I think of the brokers who sold the apartment who said they personally were waiting for apartments for open up for them to move in. Many have opened up and none of them have moved in. I am sure that is a line they use. Overall, I've had a terrible experience and it is worth waiting for a better apartment to open up than to take one of these.
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