A Halifax-area landlord is taking a former tenant to small claims court after he was ordered to pay more than $13,000 for an illegal renoviction. Residential tenancies officer Jason Warham ordered John Ghosn, owner of Bluenose Inn and Suites on the Bedford Highway, to pay Brandy McGuire after she was evicted from the building last […]
Nova Scotia rent cap would continue under proposed PC legislation, but loopholes remain
Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services Minister Colton LeBlanc introduced An Act to Implement an Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap.
The Progressive Conservative government has tabled legislation to extend the cap on rent increases, but there are still loopholes allowing landlords to hike rent for tenants on fixed-term leases. The continued rent cap was part of Premier Tim Houston’s housing plan announced last week. Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services Minister Colton LeBlanc introduced An […]
Nickel and dimed: How landlords skirt the law to hang onto damage deposits
When Zaynab moved out of the “downtownish” Sydney home she was renting last year, she expected to get back the $600 security deposit she had given her landlord at the start of the lease. A speech language pathologist who immigrated to Nova Scotia from Boston in 2018 (“I am Muslim, Iranian, and gay, and it […]
Point, Click, Evict
Morning File, Thursday, October 24, 2019
News 1. Crowns strike The province’s crown attorneys have gone on strike. The government says the action is illegal and is seeking an injunction to get them back to work. Writing in The Star Halifax, Taryn Grant explains: About 80 per cent of members of the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association (NSCAA) voted in favour […]
When pigs fly: the uphill battle for a security deposit
Melanie Quigg went the extra mile to get what was owed her, but it took 16 months, a lot of work, going to court, and more. New Brunswick makes the process relatively painless; why won't Nova Scotia follow suit?
“Frustrating and confusing” are the words Melanie Quigg uses to describe the convoluted process to retrieve her damage deposit from the property manager of a home she rented in Bedford. Quigg, a social worker, moved out last year, at the end of June, 2016. Sixteen months later, on October 25, 2017, she finally held in […]