N.S. community groups raise concern over end of ban on renovictions
“Lifting this ban is going to have an immediate impact on the number of clients seeking service from emergency service providers, no doubt about it,” Kevin Hooper with United Way Halifax said during Tuesday’s standing committee on community services.
The renoviction ban is one of two renter protections the province implemented as a direct result of the pandemic, and will be lifted when the state of emergency is.
The temporary rent cap will remain in place until the end of December 2023.
Kevin Russell, with the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, says recent amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act are key to understanding both tenant and landlord rights, especially when it comes to requirements a property owner must meet in order to be issued a permit for a renovation that requires a tenant to vacate. …[Read More]