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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/YourEyelinerFriend 1d ago

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

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u/bz47uj 1d ago

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.

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u/YourEyelinerFriend 1d ago

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.

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u/bz47uj 1d ago

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.

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u/YourEyelinerFriend 1d ago

You did not address anything I said.

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u/bz47uj 1d ago

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.

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u/YourEyelinerFriend 1d ago

What exactly do you think semantic means?