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At a row of houses under construction on a sunny day, workers grip a window from the inside as they lift it into place.

Housing

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

by Zane Woodford September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

Housing Minister Sean Fraser has asked Halifax to allow more density and more height.

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A building under construction is seen in the foreground. In the background, there are complete apartments and their balconies.

Province House

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

by Jennifer Henderson September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, a white man with dark hair and a beard in his forties, stands at a podium.

Housing

Halifax won’t get federal housing funding unless it allows more density: minister’s letter to mayor

by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023September 22, 2023

A man in a suit speaks at a podium outside an apartment building on a sunny day.

City Hall

Halifax still waiting on answer to federal funding application for millions to boost housing supply

by Zane Woodford September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Morning File

The Houston government is fine with government-owned affordable housing, so long as it’s not in Halifax

by Tim Bousquet September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

City Hall

Council rejects plan for tents on Halifax Common

by Zane Woodford September 13, 2023September 20, 2023

Tents are set up on the lush green grass of a city park. Behind the tent are trees and tall buildings.

City Hall

City housing director recommends turning two Halifax Common ball diamonds into tent site

by Zane Woodford September 11, 2023September 20, 2023

A group of people line up against a chain link fence along a city sidewalk lined with trees. They are holding signs including a large black banner that says Shame on Banc Development. This could be affordable housing. A woman holds a smaller white sign that says "Hey, Banc Developments. Use it for affordable housing or lose it."

City Hall

Demonstrators rally outside Bloomfield School calling for affordable housing at Halifax site

by Suzanne Rent September 8, 2023September 20, 2023

An orange and white fluffy cat sits on a blanket inside a cage in an animal shelter

PRICED OUT

The housing crisis has created ‘cat crisis’; landlords are declaring their buildings pet-free as a way to get around rent caps and renoviction rules

by Suzanne Rent September 6, 2023September 20, 2023

Apartment buildings under construction on Clyde Street in Halifax in June 2021. The new construction dwarfs an older building, which is itself only a couple of decades old. In the foreground you can see a bright blue cherry picker crane, and a yello tube through which trash drops into a dumpster. In front of the nearest building is a chain link fence, covered with multi coloured banners extolling the virtues of the construction company, the investors, and the future luxury accomodations. The banners are already worn and filthy.

Commentary

10 reasons affordable housing is hard to deliver

by Jill Grant August 31, 2023September 1, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

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.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Category: Housing

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

Halifax won’t get federal housing funding unless it allows more density: minister’s letter to mayor

Halifax still waiting on answer to federal funding application for millions to boost housing supply

The Houston government is fine with government-owned affordable housing, so long as it’s not in Halifax

Council rejects plan for tents on Halifax Common

City housing director recommends turning two Halifax Common ball diamonds into tent site

Demonstrators rally outside Bloomfield School calling for affordable housing at Halifax site

The housing crisis has created ‘cat crisis’; landlords are declaring their buildings pet-free as a way to get around rent caps and renoviction rules

10 reasons affordable housing is hard to deliver

Brad Johns won’t ban NDAs, won’t say why. Why? We thought you’d never ask

The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians