N.S. government unveils details of new housing agency Housing minister will have ultimate oversight Nova Scotia's minister responsible for housing released the details of a new agency to oversee public housing in the province, and he's keeping control within...

Legislation Addresses Power Rates, Profits Amendments to the Public Utilities Act introduced today, October 19, will help protect ratepayers from power rate increases related to Nova Scotia Power’s general rate application now before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review...

Legislation Addresses Power Rates, Profits Amendments to the Public Utilities Act introduced today, October 19, will help protect ratepayers from power rate increases related to Nova Scotia Power’s general rate application now before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review...

Rent cap continues to make housing crisis worse For Immediate Release October 12, 2022 Rent cap continues to make housing crisis worse Survey shows rent cap causing sale of 3,000 rental units A new survey by the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia...

Will A Major Apartment Development Help Lower Sackville Fight Zero Percent Vacancy? SACKVILLE — Three new apartment buildings could be coming to Lower Sackville as the area deals with a zero percent vacancy rate. Upland Studio has filed an application to pave the way...

More than 3,700 homes lost to short-term rentals across the province, Halifax group finds Support workers say housing crisis is worsened by rise of holiday rentals More than 3,700 homes in Nova Scotia aren't available to families seeking permanent housing because they...

Nowhere to go: Homeless man caught sleeping in stairwell of Dartmouth apartment building The concrete floor wasn’t soft, but it was somewhere out of the chilly night air. A man who was sleeping rough found his way into a Dartmouth apartment building Saturday night. He...

Negotiations on Shannon Park proposed redevelopment in final stages Canada Lands Company acquired about 33 hectares of the former Department of National Defence lands in 2014 Lengthy talks regarding the proposed redevelopment at Shannon Park in Dartmouth appear to be...

Halifax's transformations over the last decade A lot has changed in Halifax in just ten years A lot has changed in Halifax over the past decade. But you don't need to find old photos to see the transformation. Google Maps street view offers a quick option for viewing...

Vacancy control, rent caps ultimately harm B.C. renters The chief executive officer of LandlordBC notes that disallowing rental increases at vacancy would be the ‘death knell’ for new rental construction It has been suggested that vacancy control that would tie rent...