Stacey Gomez says her landlord is trying to limit media access to their ongoing residential tenancies case. As the Halifax Examiner reported in December 2022, Gomez and landlord Marcus Ranjbar had a hearing scheduled for early January: The tenant and landlord have...

Upper Hammonds Plains residents say zoning changes allow growth 'on our terms' Requests to build in historically Black community flooded in ahead of new rules Residents in Upper Hammonds Plains say recent zoning changes will help stop the "gentrification" of their...

N.S. government support for development led by former PC candidate raises questions, says critic Minister says partisan politics did not factor into decision Questions are being raised about the provincial government's decision to fast-track a development led by a...

The first session of the 64th general assembly will resume Tuesday, March 21, at 1 p.m. NDP Leader Claudia Chender's comments on the upcoming spring session “On affordability, in terms of the folks that we speak to, housing is a really dominant theme all across the...

Halifax - The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approved a rate increase for Nova Scotia Power of 14% over the next two years. In its 203-page decision, the regulator said: "The board cannot simply disallow N.S. Power's reasonable costs to make rates more...

Developments that are changing Dartmouth Shannon Park, Opal Ridge, Ocean Breeze and others will add thousands of new homes DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Dartmouth density is real. Several big developments are in planning or in progress that will infuse Dartmouth with thousands of...

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...

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...

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...

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...