HALIFAX With a low vacancy rate and skyrocketing prices, many Nova Scotians are struggling to find a place to live and pay their rent. Affordable housing and rent control will likely play a role when voters head to the ballot box next month. We re several years deep into a housing crisis, especially here in Halifax,” says Mark Culligan, a community legal worker. Temporary rent control was brought in last fall amid the pandemic, but there’s concern about what could happen if it’s lifted. What we foresee, if the rental increase cap is lifted, is a rental shock,” says Culligan.
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