April 30, 2025 - Changes to Residential Tenancies Program The remaining amendments to Bill 467 will go into effect on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. These changes include: Changing eviction timelines for non-payment of rent Terminating a tenancy for problematic behaviour...

New affordable, supportive housing for youth opening in Halifax The provincial government has announced an agreement with a youth support organization that will create new supportive housing in Halifax. The government says the partnership, including the Affordable...

N.S. scoops up land at Shannon Park for $16.8M, expects 600 affordable units to be built Two parcels of federal land purchased for 'well below market value,' says provincial government The Nova Scotia government is wading into the redevelopment of Shannon Park in...

Atlantic Canada & Prairies To Be Hit Hard By China’s Tariff Retaliation Atlantic provinces is “in the eye of the storm.”  Canada’s trade war with the world’s largest economy is a serious threat to its stability. In fact, it’s such an economic threat that almost no...

If politicians want to solve the housing crisis, make it less political Canada’s housing crisis is the result of a chronic shortage of homes in the locations where people want and need to live. This is not a new problem, nor is it a particularly complex one. Yet,...

Housing proposals during federal campaign hearken back to a different kind of war 1940s wartime policy built tens of thousands of homes. Could Canada do that again? The trade war may be top of voters' minds this election, but so is housing. And amid proposals to fix...

Hansard Transcripts Hansard Transcripts are the official report of what was said in the House of Assembly Friday, March 21, 2025 Susan LeBlanc, NDP - RTA: ENFORCEMENT UNIT ABANDONED - EXPLAIN

To keep members informed about the federal election, RHPNS will share press releases from federal political parties on housing and the economy until the April 28 election. Press releases are listed below in alphabetical order by party. CPC March 26 - Responding To...

Who pays for recycling in Nova Scotia is set to change Province moving to extended producer responsibility model by end of year Recycling is changing in Nova Scotia, but it won't mean adjusting how you put your blue bags on the curb. The province is switching to...

RHPNS members spoke at the HRM Budget Council meeting to discuss how the proposed property tax increase will affect Rental Housing Providers and Renters. Click on each speaker's name below to listen. After each speaker finishes, click the next name to continue. Each...