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It's been a year since a consultant recommended Nova Scotia create an enforcement and compliance unit to regulate rental disputes. But so far there is no public progress on this, and tenants and landlords say the current system is broken.
A Halifax tenant is calling for more restrictions around fixed-term leases after hers wasn't renewed – a decision the rental company said was based on its 'business strategy.'
After a Spryfield, N.S., woman received a small increase to her Canada Pension Plan disability payments to reflect the cost of living, she was shocked when the Nova Scotia government decreased her provincial payments by the same amount. One lawyer says this practice can keep disabled people in deep poverty.
Amid the housing crisis, a community legal worker with Dal Legal Aid says the tight rental market is making it easier for landlords to discriminate against prospective tenants.