2021 Nova Scotia Election Survey – Party Leaders Responses to IPOANS Questions
Surveys
Party Leaders Election Surveys
After a year, Berlin’s experiment with rent control is a failure
Rent Control Articles
“I worry about Berlin,” says Rolf Buch, a born and bred Rhinelander. The chief executive of Vonovia, . . .
Apartment tax assessments skyrocket as Halifax prepares to raise taxes
Media Release
Over the last eight years, the value of apartment tax assessments has jumped 66 per cent, more than . . .
Berlin’s Rent Control Effort: A One-Year Lookback
Rent Control Articles
Rent control, touted as a strategy to protect residents from rising house prices stemming from . . .
Better enforcement of tenant/landlord law needed from Nova Scotia government
Media Release
Laws that are supposed to protect property owners and tenants from abuse need better enforcement . . .
Bill 30 – Law Amendments
Media Release
Because there are some new members to this Committee and to the Legislature, before I speak to Bill . . .
Bill 62 – Law Amendments
Media Release
Remarks on Bill 62
Law Amendments Committee
November 1, 2021
City-wide effects of new housing supply: Evidence from moving chains
Rent Control Studies
Housing affordability is a major issue in most cities throughout the world. A large body of economic . . .
Commentary: Nova Scotia already has a law to protest tenants when renovations occur
Media Release
What’s missing is enforcement and support for tenants
By Kevin Russell
Jacqueline Porter’s latest . . .
DAVID RAPSON: Rent control is not the answer
Rent Control Editorials
Halifax is booming, which is a blessing and a curse. Even before the pandemic, population growth was . . .
Fear campaigns puts housing solutions at risk
Media Release
False claims from activists about the impact of Nova Scotia returning to a highly regulated, . . .
Finding housing solutions by working together
Rent Control Editorials
When Nova Scotians talk about housing, the conversation can take on many different forms. With . . .
Five ideas to improve housing affordability & long-term tenancy
Media Release
Regardless of who wins the next election, Nova Scotia rental property owners are hoping for positive . . .
FP AD Media Release
Media Release
Nova Scotia investment property owners are speaking out against notices of unfair rental increases . . .
How luxury apartment buildings help low-income renters
Rent Control Articles
When affordable housing activists see “luxury” apartment buildings going up in gentrifying . . .
HRM Tax Release
Media Release
Halifax Regional Municipality’s proposal to increase residential and commercial property taxes by . . .
Increased Insurance Rates
Media Release
Nova Scotia investment rental property owners under attack from politicians and activist groups are . . .
Investment property owners aim to counter anti-landlord sentiment
Rent Control Editorials
Halifax is booming, which is a blessing and a curse. Even before the pandemic, population growth was . . .
Investment property owners believe rent control is here to stay
Media Release
More than 90% of investment property owners don’t believe the government’s promise that the 2% rent . . .
IPOANS Fair Rent Ad
Rent Control Studies
Fair Rent Ad by IPOANS
Is rent control making a comeback?
Rent Control Articles
The 1970s sparked some cultural trends that have since fallen out of favor, such as disco and . . .
KEVIN RUSSELL: Rent-control decree will drive out landlords — and tenants — in Nova Scotia
Media Release, Rent Control Articles, Rent Control Editorials
Many Nova Scotians who don’t own rental property might be asking themselves: why does it matter?
Landlords looking for co-operation, not confrontation.
Rent Control Editorials
We are now two months into facing the economic impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
More than . . .
Legislature coming back with no solutions for housing
Media Release
Rental housing providers are worried that proposed solutions to the housing crisis will continue to . . .
Media Release NDP 08/09/21
Media Release
Gary Burrill and the NDP suggesting that investment property owners aren’t “real people” is . . .
Media Release Rent Control August 12
Media Release
NDP Leader Gary Burrill is not telling the truth about the impact of rent control across Canada, . . .
New Year, Same Problems for Rental Housing Providers As Costs Continue to Skyrocket
Media Release
The New Year continues to bring more of the same for Nova Scotia’s rental housing providers. Natural . . .
Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission
Affordable Housing Connections
The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission is looking at the current state of affordable housing . . .
Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission
Affordable Housing Connections
The Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission is looking at the current state of affordable housing . . .
Nova Scotia rent cap continues to pound small rental housing providers
Media Release
New inflation numbers released today by Statistics Canada reflect the financial distress for
many of . . .
Rent Control: Academic Research & Articles from Canada, the US & Abroad
Rent Control Studies
Understanding BC’s History of Rent Control and Tax Policy to Improve Today’s Rental Housing . . .
Rent Control’s Winners and Losers
Rent Control Articles
Go to any booming urban center these days, whether in Boston or Washington or Atlanta, and one thing . . .
Rent Increase Misinformation
Media Release
Nova Scotia’s NDP continues to make things up in its misinformation campaign against more than 5,000 . . .
Rental Housing Affordability In Nova Scotia, Gardner Pinfold Consulting
Rent Control Studies
Rental Housing Affordability In NS Gardner Pinfold Report
Rental property sell-off puts affordable housing at risk
Affordable Housing Connections, Media Release
Thousands of Nova Scotians could lose their rental homes as small landlords are preparing to sell . . .
Response to Rent Control Extendson
Media Release
Kevin Russell, Executive Director of Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, issued . . .
Statement on Nova Scotia Election Result
Media Release
Kevin Russell, Executive Director of Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia, issued . . .
Swiss rent-control model actually drives up rents
Rent Control Editorials
The Investment Property Owners of Nova Scotia (IPOANS) researched Switzerland’s rent-control regime. . . .
Switzerland is putting its housing crisis to a referendum
Rent Control Articles
Amid rising rental prices in urban areas, Swiss voters are being asked to decide on a proposal that . . .
The Housing and Homelessness Partnership
Affordable Housing Connections
The Housing and Homelessness Partnership is a collaborative that engages the community at all . . .
The Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia
Rent Control Articles, Surveys
Bill 62 – Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act: 5,400 multi-unit residential units and 3,600 . . .
The secret behind Halifax’s ability to build purpose-built rental housing at a record pace
Rent Control Articles
Since the early 1970s, purpose-built rental (PBR) housing construction has taken a backseat in . . .
What does economic evidence tell us about the effects of rent control?
Rent Control Studies
Steadily rising housing rents in many of the US’s large, productive cities have reignited the . . .
Who Pays for Rent Control? Heterogeneous Landlord Response to San Francisco’s Rent Control Expansion
Rent Control Studies
Steadily rising housing rents in many of the US’s large, productive cities has brought the issue of . . .
Why Rent Control Isn’t The Answer To Rising Housing Costs In N.S.
Rent Control Articles
As of June of 2020, 91 percent of landlords in the province ran small operations, just renting out a . . .