by Kevin Russell | Dec 11, 2020 | News
New Brunswick landlords dispute the need for rent controls Regulation would make housing shortage worse, say apartment owners New Brunswick landlords are pushing back against calls for rent controls. The New Brunswick Apartment Owners Association has written to the...
by Kevin Russell | Dec 6, 2020 | News
CAPREIT Expands Presence in Strong Halifax Market TORONTO, Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX:CAR.UN) announced today that it has purchased a recently constructed apartment building...
by Kevin Russell | Dec 6, 2020 | News
Council wants HRM’s enforcement of bad landlords to have some teeth Councillor Waye Mason proposed the maximum fine—$10,000—for landlords who intentionally make their places suck. At this week’s Halifax Regional Council meeting, District 7 councillor Waye Mason got a...
by Kevin Russell | Dec 6, 2020 | News
Nova Scotia Property Tax CAP Nova Scotia residential property tax assessment increases of owner-occupied homes are capped to inflation. People who have continuously owner-occupied their home pay lower property taxes compared to renter-occupied homes, owners who bought...
by Kevin Russell | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Letter to The Editor – The Herald Government and Liberal Leadership candidates suddenly awoke to an affordable housing shortage. The affordable housing crisis, 25 years in the making, comes as no surprise to Private sector developers or the Not-For-Profit...
by Kevin Russell | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Letter to The Editor – allNovaScotia.com An Application to Director for Non-Payment of rent does not equate to an eviction. The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia must address recent media articles about increasing tenant “Eviction...
