Nova Scotia bucks the rental trend as supply-and-demand pressure keeps prices high

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11894944/canada-rental-report-nova-scotia/

Love how landlords would rather have a flat be unused for months and years, rather than lowering the rent, and actually making it affordable.

#rent #rentprices

Stateline: Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind. “Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging. While momentum builds at the city level — with Portland, Oregon; […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/stateline-cities-lead-bans-on-algorithmic-rent-hikes-as-states-lag-behind/

#TheGuardian |14-5 -24|

"Exclusive: Report recommends ‘double lock’ for those renewing their tenancies"

"This would guarantee that any rise is capped at either consumer price inflation or local wage growth – whichever is lower – across England and Wales."

"Tom Darling, of the Renters’ Reform Coalition, said: “These appear to be a commonsense set of proposals for reforming the private rented sector."

#Renters #HousingCrisis #RentPrices #huurders #wooncrisis #huurprijs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/13/cap-rent-rises-england-wales-labour-report-cowan-evictions