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Immigration

Canadian Permanent Resident Applications Fall 57%, Weakest Month In Years Canada plans to limit permanent resident visas next year, but they’re already plunging lower without restrictions. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data shows permanent...

Property Assessments

Sydney non-profit loses bid to slash assessed value of downtown building New Dawn hoped to cut its property taxes, but utility and review board denied assessment appeal A social enterprise agency is going to have to pay its full property taxes after losing an appeal...

Name Change

Investment Property Owners of Nova Scotia is now Rental Housing Providers Nova Scotia After 44 years, the board of directors of the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) decided on a new name for our organization. We are now Rental Housing...

Backyard, Laneway, In-Law Suites

Taking on more debt is not the solution to the housing crisis despite what the Liberals say All the tax issues created by the new mortgage insurance rules cause more headaches than they’re worth One of the newest measures the federal Liberal government has taken...

HRM Bylaw

Bylaws can protect tenants from some renovictions. Can Halifax enact its own? Hamilton has a bylaw intended to stop certain renovictions, other Ontario cities pursuing similar bylaws A bylaw introduced this year in Hamilton has made it more difficult for landlords to...