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Hi. I'm a permanent resident here. I love Toronto, however the renting culture here is crazy; I live in an old condo here, the landlord already got 1 year prepay rent, and after telling me she is ok to let me continue living here, she immediately sent me an N12 and she will move in for a year. Her agent has mentioned she can rent the unit with a much higher price now and asked me to sign a new contract with an increase of 7%, despite the rent control of the condo. They know us mortals won't have the time and money to fight against them; the best we can do is to leave — passing Bill 97 can definitely immensely increase the consequences of abusing the landlord's rights to force good tenants (even prepaid for a year now she's asking for more prepay for the "new lease") move out, having to fight for a reasonable price and constantly living in fear of the rent market. Please save us; I love this country but the law definitely has a loophole for landlords and agents to make profit; and this is a big factor contributing to the inflation of the rent price! Thank you for reading.