Record Number Of Businesses Open In Halifax HALIFAX—THERE ARE MORE THAN 10,000 BUSINESSES OPERATING IN HALIFAX. THAT’S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THERE WERE BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN FACT, IT’S MORE THAN THERE HAS EVER BEEN IN THE CITY. Statistics Canada...

‘It’s Time To Put Aside Ego’: Halifax Mayor Pledges To Work With Province On Housing HALIFAX—MAYOR MIKE SAVAGE SAYS THE HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY MUST WORK WITH THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS PLAGUING THE CITY. HE ALSO SAYS HIS FEELINGS...

RTA: VULNERABLE SENIORS RENT CAP THE SPEAKER: The honourable member for Bedford Basin. HON. KELLY REGAN: Recently, a gentleman who's not from my riding reached out to me. He was concerned by what he was seeing in his home community. He said seniors there were being...

Renovictions THE SPEAKER: The honourable member for Halifax Needham. SUZY HANSEN: My question is for the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. A news story published today reports another example of a landlord beginning demolition before the tenant has even moved...

Remarks by Peter Polley Polycorp Properties Inc. Bill 145 Standing Committee on Law Amendments April 12, 2022 Mr. Chair, members of the Law Amendments Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak in favour of Bill 145. I am here on behalf of not only my company...

All short-term rentals in Nova Scotia will soon have to be registered Province ending exemption for people who rent in their primary residence Nova Scotia will soon require anyone who operates a short-term rental, even if it's a single room in their home, to register...

Apartment buildings: Value not immune to interest-rate increases With governments “printing money” and inflation creeping into all aspects of our daily lives, it was only a matter of time before the federal government increased the interest rate to curb spending....

Hampton NB tenants pushed out of homes for Airbnb after landlord thwarted by rent cap Property manager says his client has to "change his business model" Two families living in a duplex in Hampton now have fewer than 30 days to get out, according to eviction notices...

Nova Scotia already has a law to protest tenants when renovations occur What’s missing is enforcement and support for tenants By Kevin Russell Jacqueline Porter’s latest guest column in the Chronicle Herald (“Houston government could outlaw renovictions, but looks...

"Renoviction" Debate NS Legislature LORELEI NICOLL « »: Mr. Speaker, it's been two weeks since Nova Scotians lost their protection against renovictions. The vacancy rate in this province hovers around 1 per cent. The new units and solutions promised by this government...