By Lyndsay Armstrong
NDP Chief Claudia Chender took goal on the Progressive Conservatives Wednesday forward of introducing two new housing payments, saying the federal government “appears to be extra centered on serving to rich builders than on a regular basis households.”
The Minister of Service Nova Scotia has mentioned the federal government’s personal housing laws will “steadiness” the wants of tenants and landlords by extending the 5 per cent cap on lease till the top of 2027. However critics have known as the cap extension ineffective as a result of it permits landlords to boost rents previous 5 per cent on fixed-term leases so long as property house owners signal with a brand new renter.
Chender mentioned the foundations round fixed-term leases give landlords the “monetary incentive to evict,” leading to extra individuals pushed into homelessness. She additionally criticized the a part of the federal government invoice that can allow landlords to difficulty eviction notices after three days of unpaid lease as an alternative of 15.
The Tories’ housing invoice, she mentioned, represents a “stunning admission from this authorities that they’re extra involved with conversations round landlord earnings … than they’re about Nova Scotians who’re looking for a house they will afford.”
The premier’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Additionally included within the authorities’s new housing laws are clearer circumstances for landlords to finish a tenancy, akin to prison behaviour, disturbing fellow tenants, repeated late rental funds and extraordinary injury to a unit. It’ll additionally prohibit tenants from subletting models for greater than they’re paying.
The primary NDP invoice tabled Wednesday would create a “homelessness activity pressure” to collect information to attempt to stop homelessness, and the second would set limits on evictions throughout the winter and for seniors who meet revenue eligibility necessities for social housing and have lived in the identical house for greater than 10 years.
The NDP has beforehand tabled laws that may create a $500 tax credit score for renters and tie lease management to housing models as an alternative of the person.
Earlier this week landlords defended the usage of the contentious fixed-term leases, saying they should have the choice to boost lease increased than 5 per cent to keep up their properties and recoup prices. Landlord Yarviv Gadish, who manages three properties within the Halifax space, known as the usage of fixed-term leases “completely important” so as to maintain his flats presentable and to get a return on his funding.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. 18, 2024.
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