Both are facing major rent increases this year and want the province to institute rent control. Christine Saulnier, CCPA director, renewed her call for rent control in a report on living wages, released last week . Housing Minister Chuck Porter told CBC last month that the government hasn't enacted rent control because it believes it "doesn't work." For their part, Russell said, most landlords in Nova Scotia are not in favour of rent control. Details of rent control policies varyLars Osberg, a Dalhousie University economic professor, said some of the potential pitfalls of rent control can be addressed in the details of legislation.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2020 09:00 UTC