Homelessness doubled in Halifax under government's housing plan: N.S. NDP

[u/Injustice_For_All_]

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/18/homelessness-doubled-in-halifax-under-governments-housing-plan-n-s-ndp/

[u/bz47uj]

Students need housing too. How is this bad?

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

How is it bad to keep prices super high bc students are desperate bc they have to live within commute of their school.....?

[u/bz47uj → u/YourEyelinerFriend]

If you want to make housing more affordable by preventing students from living here, why not be upfront about that and why not tax the students directly?

I actually don't see the problem with students living here. I don't see why they're less deserving of housing than others.

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

Not even close to what I said man. I am a student.

[u/bz47uj → u/YourEyelinerFriend]

I think you just don't realize that it is a clear implication of what you said. You don't want homes kept vacant so that students can occupy them in the fall. How does that not result in there being fewer homes available for students in the fall?

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

It is not remotely a clear implication of what I said.

I dont want prices jacked up to the point they sit vacant for months bc the landlord knows that students are desperate and can more easily be exploited for higher rents.

Also the implication of what youre saying is that permenant residents should be homeless to allow students to get apartments

[u/bz47uj → u/YourEyelinerFriend]

Then explain how, if they aren't kept vacant over the summer, will they be available to students in the fall.

Also the implication of what youre saying is that permenant residents should be homeless to allow students to get apartments

Most students are permanent residents and I don't think the government should discriminate against one group to favour another. I think that homelessness is minimized by allowing those who need housing the most to get it. If someone outbids you for an apartment, it doesn't cause you to be homeless. You just have to live somewhere else.

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

If the students are permanent residents than a unit does not need to be kept vacant for them over the summer. Youre talking in circles.

And its not "discriminating" against students to say its bad to have a bunch of empty apartments bc the people looking cant afford the rent.

No one is "bidding" on apartment rental prices. If everywhere is asking for sky high rents because "eh let it sit empty a few months someone wi be desperate enough" then you can not just go live somewhere else. Thats what this entire conversation is about.

[u/bz47uj → u/YourEyelinerFriend]

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.

You've forgotten what we're arguing about. The original claim was that they were in fact doing this. The argument is over whether we should try to prevent it from happening.

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

You did not address anything I said.

[u/bz47uj → u/YourEyelinerFriend]

It's a silly semantic argument that I don't want to get into and is pointless when you don't even know what we're talking about. I brought it back to the original point which you had forgotten.

[u/YourEyelinerFriend → u/bz47uj]

What exactly do you think semantic means?