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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

The Houston government has refused to grapple with that reality, and keeps saying that the magical market will free-hand us into orgasmic affordability.

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

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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 skyline view of a handful of apartment buildings on the horizon.

Morning File

Non-profits cannot solve the housing crisis; it takes government action

by Tim Bousquet August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

A white man in a suit speaks at a podium.

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Ending homelessness ‘not going to happen,’ says Lower Sackville councillor

by Zane Woodford August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

A Halifax Regional Police officer with no name tag, wearing a dark cap, wraparound sunglasses and a black mask, pepper spraying someone

Commentary

Halifax police ‘declined an interview’: Take 2

by Stephen Kimber August 20, 2023September 20, 2023

An architectural rendering shows a modern three-storey building on a sunny day.

City Hall

Councillors approve Cole Harbour affordable housing development on provincial land

by Zane Woodford August 4, 2023August 11, 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: PRICED OUT

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

Non-profits cannot solve the housing crisis; it takes government action

Ending homelessness ‘not going to happen,’ says Lower Sackville councillor

Halifax police ‘declined an interview’: Take 2

Councillors approve Cole Harbour affordable housing development on provincial land

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty