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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New Plan For Dartmouth Waterfront Includes Cruise Ship Berths DARTMOUTH – Early plans for a significant redevelopment of Alderney Landing and the Dartmouth waterfront include cruise ship berths and a pedestrian trail connecting King’s Wharf and Ferry Terminal Park. At...

Dartmouth's Shannon Park development finally takes step forward Proposal would see 3,000 new residential units on 34 hectares of lands The long-awaited Shannon Park development that would see a new community built on the Halifax Harbour is finally seeing progress. The...

HRM to consider KPIs, timeframes for development applications, permits This isn’t about blame, insists Coun. Waye Mason. At Tuesday’s Halifax regional council meeting, Mason (Halifax South Downtown) asked for staff to investigate a system of tracking key performance...

Halifax among fastest growing cities in Canada Kentville, Truro, New Glasgow and CBRM also saw growth, according to Statistics Canada Halifax was the second-fastest growing urban region in the country in 2022, after Moncton, N.B., according to new data from Statistics...