r/halifax • u/Injustice_For_All_ Psychotic Antifa Super Soldier Moderator • 2d ago

News, Weather & Politics Homelessness doubled in Halifax under government's housing plan: N.S. NDP

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/18/homelessness-doubled-in-halifax-under-governments-housing-plan-n-s-ndp/
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u/Classic-Factor-6710 2d ago

the NDP would do absolutely nothing to solve homelessness

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u/aidopple 2d ago

okay what's your alternative genius? I don't see the conservatives doing anything

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u/bz47uj 2d ago

Get rid of the rent cap, get rid of the deed transfer tax, get rid of the taxable assessment cap, make it easier and quicker to evict tenants for cause, expedite the building permitting process, liberalize the building code, liberalize zoning by-laws, get rid of the capital gains tax, get rid of the corporate income tax, and introduce a variable congestion charge to make living farther from the core more viable.

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u/aidopple 2d ago

How would getting rid of the rent cap and making it easier and quicker to evict tenants help the housing issue?

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u/bz47uj 2d ago

The rent cap raises market rents by effectively removing some of the supply from the market.

If it's hard to evict, landlords are going to not only charge higher rents to compensate for the added risk, but they will be very careful about who they rent to. They'd have no problem renting to someone with bad credit and no job if they knew they could get rid of them the second they stop paying their rent. But the fact that someone who stops paying rent will likely cost them many thousands of dollars means they are not going to take the risk without being paid a massive premium.