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A screenshot shows a website. There's a title at the top, PEPPERMINT PROPERTIES, with a menu: Home, Residential, Commercial, Availability, Apply, Forms, Contact. There's a photo of a brick building on a corner lot.
Posted inPRICED OUT

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

At least five tenants from three buildings owned by Louis Wolfson are out of their homes later this year.

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A brick hotel is seen on a sunny day. The old sign out front says "OUT OF BUSINESS."
Posted inPRICED OUT

Landlord appeals former Bluenose Inn and Suites tenant’s small claims win

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
A parking lot is seen on a sunny early fall day.
Posted inCity Hall

Council votes to direct $11 million in federal funding to Brunswick Street affordable housing

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 2023
A woman walks by a collapsed building on a snowy day.
Posted inCity Hall

Collapsed Halifax heritage building leaves holes in streetscape and big development plans

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 2023
Three older women sit on a sofa with a corral and blue print and wicker armrests while another older woman leans on the back of the sofa.
Posted inMorning File

Sisters building housing for themselves: what a golden opportunity

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
A set of five keys is placed in front of a tiny wooden model of a house with a sheet of white paper underneath.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Housing

Feds announce funding for energy efficient housing, but advocates want to see more plans

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 9, 2023
A woman wearing a red shirt, an orange coat and a beaded necklace speaks to people holding microphones out of frame. Behind her are rows of low-rise apartments.
Posted inPRICED OUT

Stacey Gomez says landlord is trying to limit media access to residential tenancies hearing

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 27, 2023March 7, 2023
The airbnb logo with a little red house and lowercase letters, is seen on a sign posted on a brick building.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council approves short-term rental regulations but delays implementation

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 22, 2023March 1, 2023
A shot looking into the walkway that runs through Meagher Park. Tents surround it and two wooden emergency shelters stand in the background.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT

Halifax housing manager warns of ‘refugee camps’ for unhoused people if N.S. lifts rent cap

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 21, 2023February 28, 2023
A brick hotel is seen on a sunny day. The old sign out front says "OUT OF BUSINESS."
Posted inBusiness and Development, Crime and Courts, PRICED OUT

Landlord loses Bluenose Inn and Suites renoviction case in small claims

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 14, 2023February 21, 2023

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

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