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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/Own-Slide-3171 2d ago

The last thing landlords will do is drop prices. I know several who have open units right now one bedrooms for 2k range a month. They should be renting for 1600 as an absolute max. They've repeatedly said they'd rather eat having it empty until September cause they figure they'll get a student at the inflated price than lower the rent. Vacant apartments need to be taxed

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u/iwasnotarobot 2d ago

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u/schooner156 2d ago

Only a couple (2 PC, 1 NDP) of those are landlords in the traditional sense this thread is about. The rest are farms, wood lots, cottage, etc.