CTV News Atlantic: N.S tenants fear big rent increases that would force people out on the street in mid-winter
Posted October 12, 2021
Nova Scotia ACORN started out in Sydney, Cape Breton back in 2011. In 2012, NS ACORN moved to the HRM and first started organizing in North Dartmouth. We established our North Central Halifax Chapter in May 2014 and our Dartmouth North Chapter in September 2014 -- and we will be coming soon to a neighbourhood near you!
In the meantime, we've been busy fighting back against slumlords, pushing the city to introduce landlord licensing, and campaigning for better living conditions for public housing tenants. Nova Scotia ACORN is also fighting for the return of rent control to Nova Scotia, a living wage, and affordable access to the internet.
Want to join the fight? Join ACORN!
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Advocates will be holding an "all-day occupation" in front of the Nova Scotia legislature on Thursday calling for permanent rent control. 
Protests around homelessness and the rent conditions that lead to it in Halifax continue Thursday with a planned community event at the Nova Scotia legislature.
Renters in Nova Scotia are facing a shortage of affordable homes amid stiff competition, often with children and pets in tow.
Members of the Nova Scotia chapter of anti-poverty group ACORN gathered Wednesday outside the office of a property developer in Halifax to draw attention to the severity of the housing shortage in the city.