housing crisis

• Milton Parc residents start petition to keep fence down around vacant lot

  The group started a petition to "keep the fence down." They want the vacant lot to continue to be accessible to the neighborhood's homeless population.

  Canada

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• Opposition MLAs pitch solutions for housing crisis as N.B Legislature set to return

  Legislation introducing a one-year rent cap was introduced in March, but has yet to receive second reading. The assembly will return Tuesday for a month-long sitting.

  Politics

  May 9
  
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• Halifax’s ‘challenging’ real estate market won’t cool off anytime soon, expert says

  A Halifax realtor who's been in the business for three decades says he's never seen the market so hot – and he believes the sky-high prices are here to stay.

  Canada

  Apr 28
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• Councillor, Halifax Mutual Aid point fingers after alleged assault in Dartmouth park

  After a recent assault, a Dartmouth, N.S., councillor has cast blame on a group of volunteers who made the shelter where it happened — but the group says there's more to the story.

  Canada

  Apr 26
• Tenant advocates call on Quebec government to create rent registry

  According to the website rentals.ca the current average one bedroom apartment in Montreal is $1,500, an increase of 5.41 per cent from the previous year.

  Canada

  Apr 24
• Nova Scotia developer evicts long-term tenants from 54-unit hotel

  Dozens of long-term tenants in a Halifax-area hotel have been told to vacate by May 1 after a decision was made to 'retire' the property

  Canada

  Apr 22
• Kelowna among a dozen B.C. cities calling for easy access to new federal housing fund

  A new federal housing fund announced in the budget earlier this month is being welcomed by B.C. municipalities hoping the monies are easily accessible.

  Canada

  Apr 16
• Federal budget needs more targeted support on housing, advocates say

  While the focus on housing affordability in Canada's federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need, advocates say.

  Canada

  Apr 13
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• N.B. municipalities applaud federal budget housing funding, programs

  The federal budget aims to help increase the housing stock, which is welcome news for municipalities in New Brunswick that are grappling with affordable housing issues.

  Canada

  Apr 8
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• Big River First Nation man living in a travel camper wins cabin in a raffle

  Going from a rundown travel camper to a brand new cabin, a man from the Big River First Nation now has a place where he calls home — all thanks to a raffle that he won.

  Features

  Apr 7