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SUMMARY:Rent Control
DESCRIPTION:Landlords Worry Rent Cap\, Heating Costs Will Drive Mass Rental Unit Sell-Off\nWith a two-percent rent cap in place\, it has become impossible to recoup the increase. Burgess says that for the first time as a landlord he is thinking of selling some buildings. \nHALIFAX — The subject of home heating costs has ignited across Canada as winter creeps around the corner\, and the federal carbon tax soon to take effect in various provinces. It’s also an issue top of mind for Halifax landlords. \nNova Scotia still has a lot of old buildings that rely on oil furnaces for heat. Landlords are reporting unmanageable increases in the cost of heating their units. \nMike Burgess has been a Dartmouth landlord for 40 years. He has more than 70 units concentrated in the city’s north end. One of his one-bedroom apartments usually rents for between $700 and $900 per month. Many of his tenants have been in the same units for several years. \nAccording to Burgess\, the cost of heating an apartment building has more than doubled in two years. He owns a 12-unit building that has an 1\,136-litre oil tank. In 2020\, it cost him $988 to fill; in October\, it cost him nearly $2\,400. \nIn the entire year of 2020\, Burgess spent $12\,180 to heat that building. After the first 10 months of 2022\, that bill has already ballooned to $24\,616. \nThe increased cost of home heating comes at a time when other major expenses for landlords have also gone up. Burgess says his insurance has gone up 60 percent over two years. …[Read More]
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SUMMARY:Residential Tenancies
DESCRIPTION:Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputes\n“Sometimes\, it’s just a matter of having an officer there to mediate the situation and to advise the offside party that they are offside\,” Kevin Russell\, The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia\nHALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government has hired a consultant to examine whether the province should create an Ontario-style enforcement system for landlords and tenants\, in which trained officers would advise parties on disputes and have the power to issue fines. \nHalifax-based Davis Pier Consulting won the contract to study Ontario’s system and come up with a comprehensive program design detailing the scope\, structure and costs of implementing something similar in Nova Scotia\, said Blaise Theriault\, spokesman for the minister responsible for the Residential Tenancies Act. \nBoth tenants rights groups and landlord associations have been for years calling for an enforcement system. They say the province doesn’t have the resources to manage tenant-landlord disputes\, which can drag on for months. \n“Some stakeholders feel that there are no consequences for repeated or egregious violations of the Residential Tenancies Act\, and (its) directors’ orders can be difficult or impossible to enforce\,” says the province’s overview of the project\, dated Oct. 12. …[Read More]
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SUMMARY:Narrative Reseach Poll
DESCRIPTION:Satisfaction with Houston government’s performance remains high and stable in NS\n\nThe PCs continue to lead in terms of voter support\nHouston remains most preferred as Premier\n\nDecember 1\, 2022: \nNova Scotians remain highly satisfied with the provincial government’s performance led by Premier Houston\, with six in ten (61%\, compared with 62% in August 2022) satisfied\, according to the latest survey by Narrative Research. Satisfaction is similar across the province. \nDecided voter intentions have remained stable compared with August 2022. Four in ten decided voters (42%\, compared with 43% in August 2022) would vote for the PCs if an election were held today. One-quarter would vote for the Liberals (27%\, compared with 30%)\, while a similar proportion would vote for the New Democratic Party (25%\, compared with 22%). Few decided voters would support the Green Party (5%\, compared with 4%). Support for the NDP is highest in HRM and lowest elsewhere in mainland Nova Scotia. \nWhen asked who they would prefer as Premier\, Tim Houston remains the preferred choice of one-third (35%\, compared with 34% in August 2022). Claudia Chender of the NDP is preferred by two in ten (20%\, compared with 17%)\, while Zach Churchill of the Liberal Party is preferred by 17 percent (compared with 18%). Few prefer either the Green Party leader Anthony Edmonds (5%)\, or Jonathan Dean of the Atlantica Party (1%).  While support for Houston is similar across the province\, support for Chender is higher in HRM relative to the rest of mainland Nova Scotia. \nSource Narrative Research
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