Landlord tried to increase my monthly rent by $500/month after my yearlong lease at ‘special covid discount’

I moved to a new apartment in downtown Toronto last November to take advantage of the Covid price decrease. Rent is ~$2000/month. Now my landlord wants to increase the rent to ~$2500/month for this year because that is current market price.The apartment is rent controlled so I told him its against the Toronto tenancy guidelines to hike the price $500 with no advance notice. The actual amount it can be increased is 1.2%, and that only after the rent freeze ends in January. And I will require 90 days written notice, as per the guidelines.I shared my story with friends and they had similar stories of landlords trying to hike rent after ‘special covid discount’ prices. I find the number of landlords who are either unaware or breaking the tenancy guidelines deeply troubling. via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/3kyKkUm