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Nova Scotia

Halifax Water rate hike will drive up rents, landlords say

The proposed rate hikes by Halifax Water have sparked concerns within the housing industry, particularly among landlords who fear the…

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Canada

A year later, N.L. still working on plan to deal with rule-breaking landlords and tenants

Last spring, Caio De Naday Hornhardt found himself in a frustrating situation when he believed his former landlord had wronged…

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Business

Landlords’ latest tactic in public battles with tenants: sue them for libel

Outside a southwest Toronto cheese business last November, 69-year-old Mohamed Nizam and a dozen of his neighbours stood chanting: “Fix…

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Politics

NDP asks competition watchdog to probe potential rent-fixing by corporate landlords

The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian corporate landlords are using the same AI software that…

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Nova Scotia

Rent cap loophole? Halifax-area landlords defend use of fixed-term leases

Some Halifax-area landlords on Monday defended their use of fixed-term leases as necessary to recoup costs under Nova Scotia’s rent…

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Nova Scotia

Most CBRM rooming house landlords ignore bylaw licensing deadline

Cape Breton Regional Municipality is rethinking its plans to promote a new rooming house bylaw inspired by the death of…

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Business

How ‘financialized’ landlords may be contributing to rising rents in Canada

Khalil Alibi is facing his Goliath. Starlight Investments is Canada’s largest landlord, with more than 54,000 units nationwide and 68,000…

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Canada

B.C. tenancy branch allows 2 landlords to hike rent by 23.5%

In a recent decision, the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) allowed a pair of B.C. landlords to raise rent by 23.5…

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Nova Scotia

Court ruling prevents Dartmouth landlords from moving family out to move daughter in

Property owners in Dartmouth, N.S., can’t moveĀ a family out of the duplex it has rented for 13 years in order…

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Nova Scotia

Large Halifax landlords report double-digit operating income growth in first quarter of 2024

Two landlords owning thousands of apartments in Halifax have reported strong growth for the first three months of 2024 in…

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