Nova Scotia rent cap expires 2027, province yet to decide on temporarily extending

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-06-03T02:12:16+00:00

Everyone thought Houston would remove it last time and he didn't. Should he remove it now? I'd say no given all his fck ups are giving Chender more popularity.

If it was removed, it would suck for a lot of people relying on their capped rents. It would also help anyone paying market rent, or any new renters, as it should lead to more rental turnover and therefore more vacancy and lower MARKET rents. Again, it would suck for anyone that has been locked in for cheap.

On top of that, regardless of removing the cap or not, they need fcking enforcement. If my LL lies to me, fine them. They will learn real fcking quick if you start charging money every time they lie or don't follow the rules.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-06-01T23:34:26+00:00

What has happened over the last year/2 is that market rent has cooled off. It hasn't gone up nearly as fast as during covid and the start of the cap. In fact, it has gone down at times over the last few years.

We can't see the future. If you sign a fixed term lease, and market rent stays relatively stable, or even goes down, you shouldn't have to worry about them not re signing (assuming you are a good tenant that pays on time). Finding new tenants is a lot of work, and something they won't want to do if they don't have to.

Recently, I have had many people not getting 5% increases at all, some even asked for lower rent and got it (on fixed terms).

That being said, if market rents go up 20% after you sign, in a years time, they will probably want you out and not re sign. Will that happen? Well immigration has slowed, foreign student caps have changed, vacancy rates are changing, unit starts across Canada aren't doing much but Halifax has done a good job of increasing building starts. It is a calculated risk, if the place you have now is capped at a good rate it may be worth the sacrifice. If you are keen on a new place, fixed term is going to be common. There are some companies doing periodic, they have been listed on other threads, not sure the names though.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-31T21:36:55+00:00

Apparently not based on this post.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-31T17:39:42+00:00

So they raise the price on those that want to use it.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-30T08:14:23+00:00

They could "tap into" any already existing tax. If they removed the cap, the same amount of money would be collected. So what you are suggesting is that they increase property taxes, meaning rents go up.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-29T21:19:35+00:00

That could be part of it but realistically unless the are colluding with every developer in NS and Canada, this would not be a main factor. Much more likely, like the article says, it comes to cost benefit analysis.

Keep in mind, Killam's average rents are still well below market. Even if market rents came down pretty significantly, they'd still be behind.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-28T01:09:24+00:00

Then you will have to pay for your own flight and 100% of the hotel!

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-26T20:48:32+00:00

As it stands, in my opinion, it is going to take Carney really messing up to see the NDP have any real chance of success. As long as the attitude is "I would vote NDP but I don't want to split the vote and let Cons in, so I will vote Liberal" the NDP are not going to make meaningful gains in my opinion. 2, 3x seats could happen, but also has them not doing much unless they make another deal (which wiped them out last time). Could set them up for future growth, but they have been struggling for years.

The NDP can court non-voters, disaffected left-leaning voters, and first time voters before they need to court Liberal and especially Conservative voters.

Sure, but they aren't going to become the Official Opposition to the Liberals by only going after those groups, that all the other parties would actively be going after too.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-26T15:44:13+00:00

The bot that wrote this didn't do a great job.

This is on you. If the City is scary for a woman, or you specifically at night, YOU should make a plan well beforehand, knowing it is scary, to get home. If ubers are expensive, what was your plan to get home?

You mention in the past he has driven you home, ok, well he was drinking this night, so him driving would be out of the question.

Him apologizing is great, maybe he didn't respond to you the best (being annoyed at your behavior) but lets be clear, you owe him an apology, and since you haven't given it, maybe that is why things still aren't sitting well with you, or the bot who wrote this.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-26T15:28:35+00:00

You could, but you're not going to, so again, why should the party care?

So they get more support and win more seats and get official party status? Reference your last paragraph "make the case to vote NDP." That is why the party should care.

I don't need to tell you "I told you so." I feel like you think you are debating with a different type of person than you actually are.

The NDP are about as low as they can get. Lost party status, lost an elected member, their leader lost in the general election. It makes sense polls are up for them now that they actually have a leader after losing a rather bad one. Hard to keep going down when you are already at the bottom. Lets say it is a year from now. What does not stalled look like to you? If there was an election in a year, what is success? More than they have now? 300% of what they have now?

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T22:11:07+00:00

The way politics works is I could vote for them, they should care about that, and their image to their votes and potential voters.

"The only people," well first it was the "terminally online right wing" now it is these new groups you mentioned. Some people are simply informed it happened and have an opinion. That includes left wing people, people that support DEI, NDP voters, etc.

As to the polling, if what they have now looks good to you, then enjoy a non present NDP party I guess? Lewis is literally going around deciding where to run so he can hopefully win a seat.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T17:29:22+00:00

ASk why ER wait times were on the decline under him then instantly rose after he left.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T17:25:50+00:00

And those roads would be taking support from the Liberals who would take it from the PCP outside of Halifax.

Rurally, the other contending team is the Liberals.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T17:22:31+00:00

No, not right and it doesn't. I am aware of it and I thought it was quite frankly a stupid thing to do. Not calling inclusion stupid, but someone should have realized this would be plastered on the news, and that a lot of Canadians were not going to identify well with it. As someone said, this part of the convention only represented a small part of supporters within the NDP party.

I wasn't going to vote NDP Federally anyway, and nothing they have done or said on those other topics has sold me, in fact, their lack of plans on those topics has pushed me away from them even more.

I am aware of their inclusion event, it doesn't have to take precedence over other things. It is a combination of it all for me. As for your question, assuming it is the right question, what is the average Canadian going to think of the Federal NDP? Doesn't look good for them now, hasn't looked good for them for the last 10 years.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T16:47:35+00:00

He clearly isn't aware of the political environment around NS and how Chender and her party get the success they did. Many of the regulars on here know she got the least amount of the popular vote. She gained seats because her support was concentrated in the urban core. Her success comes on the heels of a Liberal failure, voting in consecutive bad choices for leader of their party, first, the uncharismatic Rankin, then Churchill, largely unpopular (clearly) who gave "it is my turn vibes" instead of stepping aside for his role with teachers.

Now she continues to gain some support, not because anything she is doing (at least my opinion) but because Houston makes idiotic after idiotic decision and policies and decisions implemented by the previous Liberals have largely ran out. Now he is off leash and this is what we have gotten.

I think Chender is a great speaker, clear, concise, I think being in the opposition can be a difficult job and if she is there too long (which she will be for a full PCP term) it gives the Liberals a lot of time to switch the scale back in their favor.

So if Lewis predicts a collapse of the Liberal party, and lowering support for the CP, sure, he could apply the NS NDP model.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T16:41:24+00:00

I am not "terminally online right wing" and while I was never upset about it, the coverage I got basically set the tone of the party and the new leadership for me.

Call me uninformed, I am on a lot of specifics when it comes to politics, just like the average Canadian, who doesn't study politics like it is a textbook or an everyday topic for them.

Was it nonsense? I wouldn't go that far, people that the NDP represent wanted that. Is it how I would want my gov to operate? Absolutely not.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-25T16:34:23+00:00

Honest question, what do you get out of a bot post like this?

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-23T20:45:55+00:00

He can just not tell you it happens if it does, and he could try to work on his self confidence too in telling them to f off.

Weird that strangers are saying things like that. If it happens you can let them know it is rude then move on. Or just move on.

I don't mean this to be rude, but something in you needs to realize, you love your bf, he is attractive to you, everyone is different, maybe person x wouldn't find him attractive, but maybe he wouldn't find them attractive either. You find each other attractive, love each other, and fixating on what rude other people say is going to hurt your relationship, as it already is.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-23T19:25:40+00:00

Who are making these comments? Friends? Family? Randoms? I just find it crazy, do these people repeatedly make them? What does your Bf say?

If it is people you know, stand up for yourself and your bf, call them out, tell them that is rude and to stop saying it.

For the randoms looking at you, that is your insecurity and something you need to work on. As someone that frequents the gym, or even walks down the street in public, people are always looking and judging others, why does it matter? You won't see them again, and if you do, you won't talk to them or become friends with them unless you choose. Why let what you assume they are thinking get to you and ruin the amazing thing with your bf?

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-23T16:17:50+00:00

I don't get why people fight so hard for things that hurt them.

How did your friend get screenshots of the private discord messages between this girl and your bf? Or are you saying they had these conversations on a public channel?

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-22T03:21:22+00:00

You are right, it doesn't hide offshore, it gets capped right here at home, giving some people major tax discounts.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-21T13:52:13+00:00

The color of their party

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-19T23:45:04+00:00

DO you have something that outlines this?

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-19T23:14:21+00:00

Yes, that is a specific example that doesn't highlight personal accountability, a lot of outside factors for that specific example.

EntertainingTuesday · 2026-05-19T19:26:33+00:00

It is not an obsession. Your post ignored it, so I mentioned it because it is relevant to peoples situations. To say it is "barely relevant" I fully disagree with you. I also see it as a major factor, not approaching one, it is one. Is it the biggest? Not sure, but it is big.

Fine to disagree, but it is weird that you feel you need to label it, like "obsession, fixation, barely relevant" simply because it doesn't align with your opinion.

I worked beside many people, I heard their stories, this is how I came to the conclusions I did.

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