SENT VIA EMAIL For Immediate Release July 20, 2022 Higher inflation continues to pound away at private sector rental housing providers Private sector rental housing providers are calling on the Nova Scotia government for emergency help as new inflation numbers...

Developer of Fall River seniors' complex to review water study following concerns from neighbours The developer of a senior living complex planned for Fall River, N.S., will review a study it conducted for the project's new sewage treatment plant amid concerns from...

Halifax rooming house to raise rent 30%, but only for tenants on income assistance Rental increase notice originally went out to all 39 tenants, then owners changed their minds After living in a Halifax rooming house for close to 14 years, Barry Smith came home from...

Want to boost housing supply? Look to Nova Scotia Time will tell whether Nova Scotia’s bold approach at tackling housing shortages are truly effective or replicable Housing is expensive almost everywhere in Canada. Rather than tanking the housing market, as some might...

Apartment buildings: Fighting rising interest rates Interest rates are the lifeline of our real estate world. Without the lenders and financial leverage, all investors would have to buy any investment properties in cash, completely removing the whole concept of...

Tenants hopeful about new owners of Dartmouth housing complex Basin Heights Community Limited Partnership has purchased Ocean Breeze VillageBasin Heights Community Limited Partnership has purchased Ocean Breeze Village Residents of Ocean Breeze Village in Dartmouth,...

Rent controls and vacancy decontrol hurt renters just as much as landlords Rent controls hurt the long-term welfare of those who rent such units Rent controls are a controversial policy instrument that left-leaning political parties and many housing advocates believe...

In Nova Scotia, investment property owners look forward to the end of rent control Rent control in the province will be in place for another year and a half, but the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia is already anticipating there will be political...

Residential Tenancies Tenant Insurance Decisions Overturned Nova Scotia Small Claims Court overturned two recent Residential Tenancies Insurance decisions that allow tenants to live in a rental unit without any tenant insurance. These decisions by Residential...

Province says it knows little about its public housing stock, but promises reform Legislation to overhaul public housing governance is a year or more away, says deputy minister Nova Scotia's deputy minister of housing acknowledges the government has little information...