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Despite outcry from opposition, N.S. Tories resist tenancy enforcement unit

September 12, 2024 No Comments

Nova Scotia’s opposition parties say they can’t understand why the government insists the province doesn’t need an enforcement unit to help settle disputes between landlords and tenants.

N.S. rent cap extension futile due to ‘massive loophole’ in rental system: advocates

September 9, 2024 No Comments

A loophole in Nova Scotia’s rental housing rules is making the provincial government’s proposed rent cap extension essentially useless, housing advocates and opposition parties say.

Nova Scotia proposes two-year extension to five-per-cent rent cap until end of 2027

September 7, 2024 No Comments

The Nova Scotia government wants to extend its five per cent cap on rent increases another two years, but the province won’t create an enforcement unit to bolster its tenancy rules and regulations.

Home-sharing platform funded by Nova Scotia government results in just 23 leases in a year

August 22, 2024 No Comments

In the year since Nova Scotia invested in a home-sharing platform aimed at helping renters find affordable housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed.

Nova Scotia urged to address ‘pathways’ that lead people to losing their homes

August 13, 2024 No Comments

One major step that Nova Scotia can take to reduce homelessness is by addressing the “pathways” that lead vulnerable people to end up on the street, the head of a shelter for women and children said Tuesday.

New rules coming for tenants paying fixed rent in Nova Scotia’s public housing units

June 21, 2024 No Comments

Nova Scotia is changing the rules for those who pay a fixed amount of rent for public housing, a move the government says is aimed at achieving fairness and consistency.

An overview of housing promises from all of the 2024 provincial budgets

May 6, 2024 No Comments

Housing is arguably Canada’s most important policy issue right now. From building millions of new homes, apartment buildings, and condos, to ensuring developers have all of the financing they need, governments from Iqaluit to Windsor are preoccupied with ensuring every Canadian has a home to call their own.

Canadian housing activity slows in August following Bank of Canada rate hikes

BoC’s summer rate hikes continue to slow housing activity…except in Alberta and Atlantic Canada

September 15, 2023 No Comments

Real estate markets across the country continued to lose steam in August following the latest Bank of Canada rate hikes in June and July. Everywhere outside of Alberta and some pockets of Atlantic Canada, that is.

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