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Swiss rent-control model actually drives up rents

The Investment Property Owners of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) researched Switzerland’s rent-control regime. The research concluded that the Swiss rent-control regime actually created similar conditions to what we have been experiencing in Nova Scotia. Link to resource: Swiss...

Finding housing solutions by working together

When Nova Scotians talk about housing, the conversation can take on many different forms. With expectations that Nova Scotians will be voting in elections soon — both provincially and federally — the more information on housing that can be in the public domain, the...

DAVID RAPSON: Rent control is not the answer

Halifax is booming, which is a blessing and a curse. Even before the pandemic, population growth was straining the housing supply. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard “vacancy rates on the peninsula are less than one per cent.” Understandably, many...