Emergency energy help needed for smaller rental housing providers With massive power rate increases looming and oil and gas prices going through the roof as winter approaches, smaller rental housing providers need emergency financial help from the government to stay...

Nova Scotia government being led astray by developers, Halifax councillors say Mayor begs housing minister for provincial land for homeless people this winter: ‘We need it in the worst possible way.” Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr was in the hot seat...

Marxism Won’t Solve Canada’s Rental Housing Crisis – Despite What Ottawa Thinks Canadian entrepreneurs used to build over 75,000 apartment units per year. Then came rent control, tax changes and other government intrusions, and they all-but abandoned the rental...

Provincial utility board approved requests for two increases of 3.6 per cent each Provincial utility board approved requests for two increases of 3.6 per cent each The Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board has approved rate increases for Halifax Water totalling 7.2...

Municipal officials decry 'undemocratic' effort by N.S. government to nullify bylaws Developer Peter Polley detailed his frustrations working with the HRM planning office. Polley said the province should review other HRM bylaws that could be standing in the way of...

P.E.I. landlords' group says 0% rent cap for 2023 will force some to sell units Landlords will not incur costs, says housing minister A bill to set rental increases for 2023 at zero per cent across the province passed in the P.E.I. Legislature on Wednesday. All...

IPOANS October 2022 Survey Results The rent cap continues to make the housing crisis worse Survey shows rent cap causing the sale of 3,000 rental units A follow-up to our December 2021 survey, this year’s survey’s purpose was to gain rental market insight from members...

Province takes next step in creating enforcement unit for rental disputes Minister Colton LeBlanc says his department has put out a tender for an external consultant The provincial department in charge of Nova Scotia's Residential Tenancies Program is looking for a...

'This is not appropriate': Mayor Savage calls provincial legislation 'dangerous' On Friday, the province introduced amendments to the HRM Charter that would allow it to nullify bylaws to 'encourage faster housing construction' Halifax's mayor says he was caught off...

N.S. records 86 renovictions but advocates fear many others uncounted Leblanc said of the 86 applications, the adjudicator found in eight cases the tenancy should be ended. Of the other 78, 15 were dismissed, 23 were withdrawn, 11 reached a settlement, and 29 haven't...