Nova Scotia announces $140 million over four years in home-heating assistance The money will also offer low-income households free heat pumps and the electrical panel upgrades needed to install them HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is investing $140 million over the next four...

More taxes on real estate investment trusts won’t solve the housing crisis Mark Kenney is the president and chief executive of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAPREIT).  The solution to the housing crisis is simple: We need more homes, of...

P.E.I. rental cap demonstrates anti-business bias Kathy McInnis is a property owner in Charlottetown. First of all, I would like to state that I never write letters to the editor, and I really do not get involved in politics. But when politics start taking away our...

New Brunswick considers making landlords apply for certain rent increases Putting onus on landlords would be shift from approach that leaves it to tenants to challenge big increases New Brunswick's housing minister says the province may introduce legislation next...

Landlords Worry Rent Cap, Heating Costs Will Drive Mass Rental Unit Sell-Off With 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. HALIFAX —...

Nova Scotia studying creation of enforcement unit for tenant-landlord disputes “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...

Satisfaction with Houston government’s performance remains high and stable in NS The PCs continue to lead in terms of voter support Houston remains most preferred as Premier December 1, 2022: Nova Scotians remain highly satisfied with the provincial government’s...

5 major Canadian housing REITs launch ForAffordable.ca In the face of a federal government plan to re-examine the tax treatment of real estate investment trusts (REITs), and economic conditions which make it increasingly challenging to build affordable housing in...

Tenant worried about future as New Dawn sells affordable housing units in Sydney Social welfare agency says rents for vulnerable people can't rise enough to cover increasing cost of operation Meaghan Morrison is worried about the future of affordable housing in...

Most rent hikes on P.E.I. would be capped at 3% under new Residential Tenancy Act Long-awaited changes also include longer notice period for 'renovictions' Residential rent increases will be capped at three per cent per year under the new Residential Tenancy Act...