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As remote work levels the economic playing field between cities, Nova Scotia is seeing an influx of newly untethered professional workers that will help them meet growth aspirations – and could also exacerbate problems of housing and inequality
At the height of the pandemic the province had a moratorium on evictions, but that’s no longer the case and hundreds of households have since faced eviction notices.
Crowd gathers in downtown Halifax to demand affordable rent
The policy, which exists in PEI, Ontario, Manitoba and BC would mean landlords have to stop jacking up the rent by however much they feel like.
A local not-for-profit says it is in a position to build dozens of affordable housing units by the spring, but they’re going to need financial help from the government to do so.
Rent control and affordable housing in Halifax Regional Municipality aren’t going to happen on their own
This has been an explosive week for the Rent Control Now campaign in Nova Scotia!
A shortage of good quality affordable housing has been an urgent problem outside of Halifax long before it reached its current peak here in the city of Halifax.
Calls for action about the lack of affordable housing and increasing rental rates in some Maritime communities are growing louder.
This week the Chronicle Herald ran two stories about HRM residents who can no longer afford to pay their rent.