by Kevin Russell | Apr 19, 2022 | News
Apartment buildings: Value not immune to interest-rate increases With governments “printing money” and inflation creeping into all aspects of our daily lives, it was only a matter of time before the federal government increased the interest rate to curb spending....
by Kevin Russell | Apr 19, 2022 | News
Hampton NB tenants pushed out of homes for Airbnb after landlord thwarted by rent cap Property manager says his client has to “change his business model” Two families living in a duplex in Hampton now have fewer than 30 days to get out, according to...
by Kevin Russell | Apr 3, 2022 | News
Nova Scotia already has a law to protest tenants when renovations occur What’s missing is enforcement and support for tenants By Kevin Russell Jacqueline Porter’s latest guest column in the Chronicle Herald (“Houston government could outlaw renovictions, but looks...
by Kevin Russell | Apr 3, 2022 | News
“Renoviction” Debate NS Legislature LORELEI NICOLL « »: Mr. Speaker, it’s been two weeks since Nova Scotians lost their protection against renovictions. The vacancy rate in this province hovers around 1 per cent. The new units and solutions promised...
by Kevin Russell | Apr 3, 2022 | News
NS government announces 22,600 new homes, and 373 of them will be affordable The province is giving Clayton Developments $21.8 million to hold rents between 60 and 80 percent of full market rates for 20 years. On Friday, March 25, the Nova Scotia government designated...
by Kevin Russell | Mar 27, 2022 | News
For Immediate Release March 22, 2022 Legislature coming back with no solutions for housing Rental housing providers are worried that proposed solutions to the housing crisis will continue to be ignored in the upcoming sitting of the Nova Scotia legislature. “For more...