Canadian Households Now The Third Most Indebted In The World Canadian households are more indebted than they think. A new report from Quebec-based Desjardins’ shows households recently accumulated a world class amount of debt. In fact, households borrowed so much that...

Canadian Mortgage Arrears Rate To Rise 50% In 2024: Fitch One of the world’s largest credit rating agencies sees a bumpy road for Canadian mortgages. Fitch Ratings’ latest Global Housing & Mortgage Outlook shows the mortgage arrears rate rising modestly in Canada...

Rent control not the solution to N.S. housing crisis Anybody who says, as NDP Leader Claudia Chender did in her submission (Homes within reach for all Nova Scotians, June 7), that more rent control is the solution to the housing crisis, simply does not know what...

Worried over water capacity, Stewiacke considers halting development Town officials were in Calgary during a major water main break A development boom in Stewiacke, N.S., could be put on hold for upwards of a year as council seeks assurances the town's water system...

N.S. is offering land for affordable housing. Some say there is a catch Of 10 projects, 2 dropped out, 1 under construction, others waiting for approvals Larry Thomas walks to the edge of a piece of forest in Hammonds Plains, where he'd hoped by now to see shovels in...

Court ruling prevents Dartmouth landlords from moving family out to move daughter in Security of tenancy, housing crisis cited as key reasons by small claims court adjudicator Property owners in Dartmouth, N.S., can't move a family out of the duplex it has rented for...

Demolition of Dartmouth housing complex to begin this month Developer says affordability of new housing will hinge on government support Parts of an expansive Dartmouth, N.S., apartment complex that was once home to more than 1,000 people and loved by tenants for its...

‘They need to wake up’: Couple frustrated by secondary suite bylaws in Halifax A Halifax-area couple are calling on the municipality to be more flexible in helping families create affordable housing, after facing roadblocks in building a secondary suite. For several...

For Immediate Release June 3, 2024 Federal capital gains tax changes put housing for 3,000 Nova Scotia households at risk More than 3,000 Nova Scotia households could lose their homes thanks to the federal government’s proposed capital gains tax changes. That’s the...

Narrative Research NS: The PCs maintain a strong lead in terms of voter support, despite declining levels of satisfaction with the provincial government’s performance. Satisfaction with the performance of the provincial government led by Tim Houston has declined,...