Interest growing in creating backyard, secondary suites in HRM Since bylaw changes came into effect in November, 32 new permits have been issued In the four months since the Halifax Regional Municipality changed its bylaws to allow backyard and secondary suites, a...

A guide to the major developments that will transform Halifax Regional Municipality HALIFAX, N.S. —  A crane here, a crane there. Soon enough, will there be a crane everywhere in Halifax Regional Municipality? Well, with the way things are looking right now, more...

Building on success: Kentville’s Miners Landing full, third multi-unit under construction Parsons Green Developments looking forward to fall opening KENTVILLE, N.S. -  If you’re looking for an apartment at the new Miners Landing development in Kentville, you’ll...

Developers Plan On Building 900 Residential Units On Old Dartmouth Mall Site HALIFAX – If all goes according to plan, 25 acres of currently empty land in Dartmouth will someday be home to nearly 900 housing units. Local companies Crombie REIT and Clayton...

Highrise On Historic Victoria Hall Property In Halifax Clears Another Hurdle HALIFAX — Joseph Arab’s plan to build a highrise behind the historic Victoria Hall on Gottingen Street has cleared an important hurdle. Arab’s proposal passed through council’s Heritage...

Report: Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax will cost you 20% more than in 2020 While the national average is down almost 9%, rents in Halifax have spiralled upward HALIFAX, N.S. - The average price to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax has gone up by 20...

IPOANS response sent to The Chronicle Herald Report: Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax will cost you 20% more than in 2020 Reporter Nicole Munroe's headline "Report: Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax will cost you 20% more than in 2020" is misleading...

Province told that rural N.S. has 'affordable housing crisis' 'But because it is hidden and not easily measured doesn't mean that it doesn't exist,' says advocate Helen Lanthier's message to provincial politicians Thursday about housing problems in rural Nova Scotia...

A Commercial Tax Freeze Inadvertently Impacts Housing Affordability. The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) cautiously applauds the Halifax Chamber of Commerce for HRM to assist commercial landlords by freezing tax rates at 1.9%, a move...

Serial rent dodger given full parole told to 'remain productively occupied' Nadav Even-Har cheated landlord, hotel operators out of thousands of dollars A serial fraudster and rent dodger in Halifax has won full parole and is on a trajectory to a better life,...