Rent Control Nova Scotia

• Halifax student union leaders call on N.S. to address soaring cost of student housing

  Student leaders joined the Nova Scotia NDP today to urge the government to replace the temporary five per cent rent cap with a rent control system, among other measures. 

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2025
  
• N.S. housing crisis: How the fixed-term lease ‘loophole’ can be ‘easily abused’

  Advocates are raising concerns about the use of fixed-term leases in Nova Scotia, saying they offer fewer protections to renters amid the housing crisis.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2022
  
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• N.S. to maintain rent control until December 2023 under new legislation

  Houston introduced the interim residential rent-cap legislation, which will limit residential rent increases to two per cent per year.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2021
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• Nova Scotia election: Single mother on ‘day and night’ struggle to find an affordable place to live

  Safe and affordable housing is top issue for the Fairview Clayton Park riding which is seeing a development boom but it's forcing some longtime residents from the community.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2021