Changes to allow backyard suites or basement apartments in residential areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality will be considered on Tuesday. "Every month or two there'll be someone who will contact me wondering about a secondary unit to help with mortgage or for an aging parent to move in," said Austin. Or if you allow backyard suites or a basement apartment could students live there and will there be noise?" Cleary said some people also have privacy issues when it comes to backyard suites. Waye Mason noted that "some people are surprised by how permissive the existing rules on the peninsula are already" when it comes to secondary suites.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2020 09:00 UTC