Landlords would be justified handing out eviction notices: Investment Property Owners Association The provincial ban on evictions for COVID-19 ends next week The province’s moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 is set to expire next week. The Investment Property...

Liberals should prevent potential flood of evictions as moratorium expires HALIFAX -- With the provincial moratorium on evictions set to expire next week, thousands of renters could lose their housing. The NDP is calling on the Liberals to extend the ban on evictions...

Rising House Prices And Tanking Rental Market Show Pandemic's Economic Divide But the weakness in the rental market risks infecting the housing market MONTREAL ― The COVID-19 lockdowns have exposed a divide in Canada’s job market, with low-income earners getting hit...

Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing OTTAWA -- A new analysis of the country's stock of affordable housing suggests the Liberals' decade-long strategy to provide more of it is starting in a deeper hole than previously...

How the Airbnb ban led to lower rental prices in Canada's major cities The long-term rental market is seeing a migration of furnished units due to the pandemic and a ban on short-term rentals “We are seeing an incredible new amount of inventory of furnished units come...

Onboarding new employees in extraordinary days Think back to your first few weeks on your current job – the excitement, the nerves, the stress, the desire to learn, the wanting to impress. Now, imagine going through all that during a global pandemic. It seems almost...

Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Plans Businesses and organizations that weren’t required to close under the Health Protection Act Order should develop a Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Plans should show how businesses and...

Heritage advisory committee recommends redevelopment plan for downtown buildings Halifax's heritage advisory committee has agreed with Dexel Developments on its plan for redeveloping the block between Province House and Grand Parade. The project involves two vacant...

Companies prep for return of workers to their offices Provinces are slowly reopening their economies and offices which have been largely vacant during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be repopulating with at least some workers. Oxford Properties...

Despite COVID-19 shutdown, Canadians personal financial optimism for the coming year improves June 4, 2020 – The COVID-19 shutdown’s impact on Canada’s economy has been well chronicled: shrunk growth, lost jobs, stock market havoc, and unprecedented government...