Rent Cap

• Alberta NDP introduces bill to cap rent increases, improve housing targets

  On Tuesday, MLA Janis Irwin, tabled a private members bill that would seek caps on how much rent can be increased for the next four years.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
  
• Rent cap not part of long-awaited N.B. housing strategy, minister says

  There is no rent cap in the New Brunswick housing strategy, and no rental increase protection between tenants, but Jill Green said 'everything is on the table' on Thursday.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2023
  
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• N.B. Housing Hub calls for $1 billion toward housing over the next 5 years

  'It is a big ask.' The New Brunswick Housing Hub says a billion dollars directed to community housing non-profits for 10,000 units of mixed housing would offset the housing crisis.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2023
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• Federal government pitches $14 million for housing affordability in New Brunswick

  The capital city has one of the highest rent prices in the province, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, with a vacancy rent near two per-cent.

  Canada

  May 24, 2023
• Why N.B. landlords who want to renovict tenants now have to apply

  Landlords will have to apply to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal to break a tenancy for the purpose of renovations, proving that the unit needs to be vacant.

  Politics

  May 11, 2023
• New Brunswick to start drafting provincial housing strategy

  After hosting a housing summit on Tuesday, the New Brunswick government will now start preparing a strategy to address the housing crisis.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
• N.B. lost more than 8,000 affordable housing units in 5 years: report

  According to a report from the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants' Rights, affordable units declined while those on the higher end of the spectrum doubled.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
• ‘Do not sign a fixed-term lease’: Warning from Halifax student after landlord won’t renew

  A Nova Scotia student has been renting a one-bedroom apartment owned by Peppermint Properties on a fixed-term lease, but the landlord has decided to not renew it.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2023
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• No rent cap in the near future for Albertans: Nixon

  Recent data from Rentals.ca and Rentfaster.ca showed a more than 25 per cent increase in rents for a two-bedroom rental year over year in March in Calgary.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
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• N.S. rent cap staying for another 2 years, but annual limit is going up

  Nova Scotia's PC government said the rent cap will be increased to five per cent over the next two years, and remain in effect for 2024 and 2025. 

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023