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Development
What Development At Shannon Park Tells Us About Halifax’s Housing Crisis HALIFAX – The latest plan to develop the Shannon Park lands in the north end of Dartmouth is ambitious. Canada Lands Company, which bought the 85 acres of property in 2014, wants to create...
Student Housing
Alignvest acquires new Halifax student housing facility Alignvest Student Housing REIT has acquired a purpose-built student accommodation property on Seymour Street in Halifax from Montreal-based student and rental housing developer Werkliv. See-More is a six-storey...
Rent Control
Nova Scotia government considering options for rent cap post-2023 The Progressive Conservative government isn’t ruling out some form of rent control past the planned December 2023 lifting of the current 2% cap on rents. Minister Colton LeBlanc is responsible for...
Power Rates
Nova Scotia regulator approves 14% electricity rate hike, defying premier Rates will rise on average by 6.9% each year in 2023 and 2024 Nova Scotia regulators approved a 14 per cent electricity rate hike on Thursday, defying calls by Premier Tim Houston to reject the...
Landlord Registry
Landlord Registry – More Red Tape Solves Housing Crisis I can see the headlines now: “More red tape solves housing crisis” or “Halifax City Council regulates its way to a world class solution to affordable housing” maybe even “Landlord registry makes housing...
Nova Scotia Power
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approved a rate increase for Nova Scotia Power of 14% over the next two years.
Media Release
For Immediate Release January 25, 2023 Halifax Regional Council slams the door on public input on $1.2 million landlord registry Despite Halifax Regional Municipality staff telling Mayor Mike Savage, “We haven’t spoken with landlords recently,” Halifax Regional...
Media Release
For Immediate Release January 23, 2023 Landlord registry a $1 million gimmick that will worsen housing crisis Halifax Regional Municipality’s proposed landlord registry will do nothing to solve the housing crisis and further punishes rental housing providers who must...
HRM Landlord Registry
Halifax one step closer to rental registry after bylaw passes first reading Halifax regional council has passed the first reading of a bylaw that would implement a registry of all rental properties in the municipality. Under the proposed bylaw, all rental housing...
Modular Housing
Nova Scotia to spend $8M providing modular housing for health-care workers Minister calls it a temporary solution to recruit more staff to the province Nova Scotia's government announced Tuesday it will spend $8 million to create modular housing for health-care...
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