Highrise Towers On Joseph Howe Drive In Halifax One Step Closer To Approval HALIFAX – A project that would see a pair of highrise towers built on Joseph Howe Drive is one step closer to approval. At a virtual public hearing last night, Halifax Regional Council OK’d...

Halifax's slow-moving and stalled developments HRM has had its share of projects – those in the public and private sectors – temporarily shelved, or move at a snail’s pace The municipality has seen lots of construction cranes pop up during its recent building boom....

Residential eviction ban ends in N.S., concerns loom for tenants, landlords Thousands of Nova Scotians could be facing homelessness now that a provincial order banning landlords from evicting tenants behind on their rent because of COVID-19 is about to be lifted. The...

Access Nova Scotia resuming full operations. Last night Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services' advised IPOANS through a stakeholder letter that Access Nova Scotia is resuming full operations tomorrow, Thursday, July 2. Access Nova Scotia will now accept...

Pandemic-Level Parcel Demand Putting Strain on Multi-Residential Buildings COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented surge of home deliveries, putting a strain on delivery services, but changing demographics over recent years had already created a potential tsunami of...

Government urged to extend eviction ban to ensure 'evictions don't happen' As the expiry date for the provincial moratorium on evictions nears, the NDP and Nova Scotia ACORN are calling on the provincial government to extend the ban on evictions, freeze rent increases...

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...