Vacancy Rates

• Downtown commercial vacancy rates continue to rise in Edmonton

  A new report shows that Edmonton's downtown commercial vacancy rate is more than 24 per cent, significantly higher than the average than the national average.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• Affordable housing advocates call on HRM to create social housing strategy

  Three non-profit organizations hosted an affordable housing forum leading into the municipal election in Halifax.

  Politics

  Oct 7, 2020
  
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• The New Reality: How COVID-19 could impact the commercial real estate market

  With employees being forced to work from home there's been a decrease in the need for office space.

  Economy

  Jul 6, 2020
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• ‘Sad state of affairs’: Housing non-profit has to turn away new clients in Halifax and Dartmouth

  Diana Devlin, executive director of Welcome Housing & Support Services, says not only are new affordable units not being built, "renoviction" rates caused by developers are skyrocketing.

  Politics

  Feb 25, 2020
• Vernon, B.C. renters allege ‘renoviction’ after landlord evicts them

  Two brothers in the North Okanagan city are speaking out after their new landlord evicted them for renovations and raised the rent.

  Feb 6, 2020
• Former Kingston catholic school property converted to affordable housing

  Kingston's mayor cuts the ribbon at new affordable housing apartment building.

  Politics

  May 30, 2019
• Kingston city councillor claims increase in international students could harm vacancy rates

  Meadowbrook-Strathcona Coun. Jeff McLaren claims that a growing international student population will affect vacancy rates in Kingston.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2019
• With rents at $787/month, a new affordable housing project is planned for Vernon

  The provincial government plans to build a new apartment building in Vernon that will create 41 units if “affordable” rental housing.

  Apr 5, 2018
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• Kingston’s 0.7% rental vacancy rate lowest in Ontario according to CMHC

  The rental vacancy rate in Kingston is the lowest in the province at 0.7 per cent.

  Economy

  Dec 5, 2017
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• Economic recovery in oil provinces helps lower national vacancy rate

  The economic recovery in Western Canadian oil-producing provinces contributed to the first decrease in the national apartment vacancy rate in three years, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Tuesday.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2017