INSight Blog
Carbon Tax
Federal environment minister rejects Nova Scotia's plan to avoid carbon tax In a letter to Premier Tim Houston dated Aug. 29, Steven Guilbeault notes the Nova Scotia plan doesn’t put a price on carbon pollution HALIFAX — Canada’s environment minister has rejected a...
University & College Students Finding it Hard to Find Places to Live
As university and college students look for a place to live in Nova Scotia, many are finding it next to impossible to find a place to live. None of this should be surprising, as private sector rental housing providers warned PC, Liberal and NDP politicians last fall what would happen with a multi-year rent cap.
Stop Rental Fraud in Nova Scotia
An Open Letter to Stop Rental Fraud in Nova Scotia To: MIN_SNSIS@novascotia.ca; info@loreleinicollmla.ca; ellen@loreleinicollmla.ca; tonyince@tonyincemla.ca; Kevin Russell kevin@ipoans.ca ; info@coltonleblanc.ca; premier@novascotia.ca; johnlohrmla@gmail.com To all...
Affordable Housing
Halifax council votes to increase surplus properties to be used for affordable housing Halifax Regional Council has voted in favour of increasing the number of surplus properties to be used for affordable housing opportunities. “The land is very important. It’s...
Opinion
Ursula Prossegger - Landlords shut out Last year, I wrote to The Chronicle Herald about the challenges landlords like me face. We must pay our taxes, regardless of whether tenants pay rent; We bear all the risk in financing, operating, and maintaining housing; There...
Ursula Prossegger – Landlords shut out
Last year, I wrote to The Chronicle Herald about the challenges landlords like me face.
OPINION
AMANDA KNIGHT: Rent cap a vice-like trap for landlords in Nova Scotia Amanda Knight lives in Pictou County and continues to own rental properties in Colchester and Pictou counties, having recently sold her building in Colchester County. She is a member of the board of...
Student Housing
Plans underway for on-campus housing at NSCC's Ivany Campus Several public tenders have been issued for the project Plans for on-campus, student housing at a Nova Scotia Community College site in Dartmouth are underway. Several public tenders have been issued for a...
Student Housing
‘Desperate pleas:’ Halifax university students struggling to find housing “We’re seeing a bit more increase in housing prices, as well as some of the property owners getting out of the rental market… and engaging in other types of rental or selling family homes.” A...
AMANDA KNIGHT: Rent cap a vice-like trap for landlords in Nova Scotia
Earlier this year, I decided to sell one of my multi-unit properties, as I can no longer afford to cover housing costs for my tenants.
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