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2021 Nova Scotia Election Survey – Party Leaders Responses to IPOANS Questions
Surveys
Party Leaders Election Surveys
5 major Canadian housing REITs launch ForAffordable.ca
Media Releases
In the face of a federal government plan to re-examine the tax treatment of real estate investment . . .
8 per cent property tax increase recommended for HRM
Media Releases
City staff are recommending an eight per cent increase for residential and commercial property taxes . . .
After a year, Berlin’s experiment with rent control is a failure
News Articles
“I worry about Berlin,” says Rolf Buch, a born and bred Rhinelander. The chief executive of Vonovia, . . .
Apartment tax assessments skyrocket as Halifax prepares to raise taxes
Media Releases
Over the last eight years, the value of apartment tax assessments has jumped 66 per cent, more than . . .
Berlin’s Rent Control Effort: A One-Year Lookback
News Articles
Rent control, touted as a strategy to protect residents from rising house prices stemming from . . .
Better enforcement of tenant/landlord law needed from Nova Scotia government
Media Releases
Laws that are supposed to protect property owners and tenants from abuse need better enforcement . . .
Bill 30 – Law Amendments
Media Releases
Because there are some new members to this Committee and to the Legislature, before I speak to Bill . . .
Bill 62 – Law Amendments
Media Releases
Remarks on Bill 62
Law Amendments Committee
November 1, 2021
Chender NDP uses false and misleading rental info
Media Releases
HALIFAX – NDP Leader Claudia Chender claims in last Thursday’s
televised debate that rents in Nova . . .
Commentary: Nova Scotia already has a law to protest tenants when renovations occur
Media Releases
What’s missing is enforcement and support for tenants
By Kevin Russell
Jacqueline Porter’s latest . . .
DAVID RAPSON: Rent control is not the answer
Editorials
Halifax is booming, which is a blessing and a curse. Even before the pandemic, population growth was . . .
Fear campaigns puts housing solutions at risk
Media Releases
False claims from activists about the impact of Nova Scotia returning to a highly regulated, . . .
Finding housing solutions by working together
Editorials
When Nova Scotians talk about housing, the conversation can take on many different forms. With . . .
Five ideas to improve housing affordability & long-term tenancy
Media Releases
Regardless of who wins the next election, Nova Scotia rental property owners are hoping for positive . . .
FP AD Media Release
Media Releases
Nova Scotia investment property owners are speaking out against notices of unfair rental increases . . .
Halifax Regional Council slams the door on public input on $1.2 million landlord registry
Media Releases
Despite Halifax Regional Municipality staff telling Mayor Mike Savage, “We haven’t spoken with . . .
Has The Rental Crisis Hit Rock Bottom?
Media Releases
The Saturday Huddle is a weekly column that features opinion, analysis, and reflections on Huddle . . .
How luxury apartment buildings help low-income renters
News Articles
When affordable housing activists see “luxury” apartment buildings going up in gentrifying . . .
HRM Tax Hike November 2022
Media Releases
Halifax Regional Municipality’s proposed 8% tax hike for its upcoming budget will make the city’s . . .
HRM Tax Release
Media Releases
Halifax Regional Municipality’s proposal to increase residential and commercial property taxes by . . .
Increased Insurance Rates
Media Releases
Nova Scotia investment rental property owners under attack from politicians and activist groups are . . .
Investment property owners aim to counter anti-landlord sentiment
Editorials
Halifax is booming, which is a blessing and a curse. Even before the pandemic, population growth was . . .
Investment property owners believe rent control is here to stay
Media Releases
More than 90% of investment property owners don’t believe the government’s promise that the 2% rent . . .
Is rent control making a comeback?
News Articles
The 1970s sparked some cultural trends that have since fallen out of favor, such as disco and . . .
KEVIN RUSSELL: Rent-control decree will drive out landlords — and tenants — in Nova Scotia
Editorials, Media Releases, News Articles
Many Nova Scotians who don’t own rental property might be asking themselves: why does it matter?
Landlord registry a $1 million gimmick that will worsen housing crisis
Media Releases
Halifax Regional Municipality’s proposed landlord registry will do nothing to solve the housing . . .
Landlords looking for co-operation, not confrontation.
Editorials
We are now two months into facing the economic impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
More than . . .
Landlords Worry Rent Cap, Heating Costs Will Drive Mass Rental Unit Sell-Off
Media Releases
The subject of home heating costs has ignited across Canada as winter creeps around the corner, and . . .
Legislature coming back with no solutions for housing
Media Releases
Rental housing providers are worried that proposed solutions to the housing crisis will continue to . . .
Media Release NDP 08/09/21
Media Releases
Gary Burrill and the NDP suggesting that investment property owners aren’t “real people” is . . .
Media Release Rent Control August 12
Media Releases
NDP Leader Gary Burrill is not telling the truth about the impact of rent control across Canada, . . .
New Year, Same Problems for Rental Housing Providers As Costs Continue to Skyrocket
Media Releases
The New Year continues to bring more of the same for Nova Scotia’s rental housing providers. Natural . . .
Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission
Affordable Housing Connections
The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission is looking at the current state of affordable housing . . .
Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission
Affordable Housing Connections
The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission is looking at the current state of affordable housing . . .
Nova Scotia rent cap continues to pound small rental housing providers
Media Releases
New inflation numbers released today by Statistics Canada reflect the financial distress for
many of . . .
P.E.I. landlords’ group says 0% rent cap for 2023 will force some to sell units
Media Releases
A bill to set rental increases for 2023 at zero per cent across the province passed in the P.E.I. . . .
Rent cap will expire this year, no extension, minister says
Media Releases
New Brunswick is not extending the rent cap it brought in this year to protect tenants against . . .
Rent Control’s Winners and Losers
News Articles
Go to any booming urban center these days, whether in Boston or Washington or Atlanta, and one thing . . .
Rent Increase Misinformation
Media Releases
Nova Scotia’s NDP continues to make things up in its misinformation campaign against more than 5,000 . . .
Rental Housing Affordability In Nova Scotia, Gardner Pinfold Consulting
Studies
Rental Housing Affordability In NS Gardner Pinfold Report
Rental housing providers continue to be ignored by Houston government
Media Releases
Today’s cost of living announcement by Premier Tim Houston continues to ignore small rental housing . . .
Rental property sell-off puts affordable housing at risk
Affordable Housing Connections, Media Releases
Thousands of Nova Scotians could lose their rental homes as small landlords are preparing to sell . . .
Response to Rent Control Extendson
Media Releases
Kevin Russell, Executive Director of Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, issued . . .
Some cuts may be needed to lower Halifax tax increase
Media Releases
Halifax councillors send budget back to staff with goal of 4% instead of 8% increase to the average . . .
Statement on Nova Scotia Election Result
Media Releases
Kevin Russell, Executive Director of Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, issued . . .
Supreme Court rules on property rights in win for land developers
Media Releases
The Supreme Court of Canada has given developers and property owners a major victory, making it . . .
Swiss rent-control model actually drives up rents
Editorials
The Investment Property Owners of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) researched Switzerland’s rent-control regime. . . .
Switzerland is putting its housing crisis to a referendum
News Articles
Amid rising rental prices in urban areas, Swiss voters are being asked to decide on a proposal that . . .
Tenant worried about future as New Dawn sells affordable housing units in Sydney
Media Releases
Meaghan Morrison is worried about the future of affordable housing in Sydney, N.S., after finding . . .
Tenants’ rights advocates, landlords speak out on decision to let rent caps expire
Media Releases
An amendment to the Residential Tenancy Act would not extend the cap past the end of the year.
The Housing and Homelessness Partnership
Affordable Housing Connections
The Housing and Homelessness Partnership is a collaborative that engages the community at all . . .
The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia
News Articles, Surveys
Bill 62 – Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act: 5,400 multi-unit residential units and 3,600 . . .
The secret behind Halifax’s ability to build purpose-built rental housing at a record pace
News Articles
Since the early 1970s, purpose-built rental (PBR) housing construction has taken a backseat in . . .
Tough choices ahead: HRM council prepares to grapple with budget
Media Releases
In his final appearance before council after announcing his resignation in the spring, Halifax’s . . .
Ursula Prossegger – Landlords shut out
Editorials
Last year, I wrote to The Chronicle Herald about the challenges landlords like me face.
We must pay . . .
Who Pays for Rent Control? Heterogeneous Landlord Response to San Francisco’s Rent Control Expansion
Why Rent Control Isn’t The Answer To Rising Housing Costs In N.S.
News Articles
As of June of 2020, 91 percent of landlords in the province ran small operations, just renting out a . . .