Rent Cap
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New Brunswick’s 3% rent cap to remain through end of fiscal year: housing ministerNew Brunswick's housing minister says the province's three per cent rent cap will remain throughout this fiscal year.CanadaJun 5, 2025
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Nova Scotia proposes two-year extension to five per cent rent cap until end of 2027Service Nova Scotia Minister Colton LeBlanc says legislation tabled today would extend the cap — set to expire Dec. 31, 2025 — to the end of 2027.CanadaSep 6, 2024
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Alberta NDP introduces bill to cap rent increases, improve housing targetsOn 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.CanadaDec 5, 2023
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Rent cap not part of long-awaited N.B. housing strategy, minister saysThere 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.CanadaJun 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.CanadaJun 22, 2023
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Federal government pitches $14 million for housing affordability in New BrunswickThe 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.CanadaMay 24, 2023
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Why N.B. landlords who want to renovict tenants now have to applyLandlords 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.PoliticsMay 11, 2023
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New Brunswick to start drafting provincial housing strategyAfter hosting a housing summit on Tuesday, the New Brunswick government will now start preparing a strategy to address the housing crisis.CanadaMay 2, 2023
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N.B. lost more than 8,000 affordable housing units in 5 years: reportAccording to a report from the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants' Rights, affordable units declined while those on the higher end of the spectrum doubled.CanadaMay 2, 2023
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‘Do not sign a fixed-term lease’: Warning from Halifax student after landlord won’t renewA 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.CanadaMar 28, 2023
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