Landlord lice What is landlord licensing? Landlord licensing is a system under which landlords are required to apply for a license to rent residential properties to tenants. It aims to prevent landlords forcing tenants to live in unsafe and otherwise unacceptable conditions. It is not just a registry; a landlord registry ensures that landlords are … [Read More]
What is social housing? Social housing is a broad term which encompasses many different non-market or partially non-market housing schemes. However, here, we will focus on public housing. Public housing attempts to collectivise the provision of housing, through the state as opposed to purely market-based housing schemes which rely upon the individual to purchase housing … [Read More]
Rent Increases and Rent Control Landlords have jacked up the rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest Rental Market Report by the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, landlords in the Halifax Regional Municipality increased rents by an average of 4.1% last year – even despite a slight increase in the overall vacancy rate. Some … [Read More]
Photo: Eric Wayne / SaltWire To the Committee of the Whole Members of West Hants Regional Municipality, Re: Avon River Gate Operations Ministerial Order March 16, 2021 We are writing in solidarity with members of Treaty Truckhouse #2 regarding their recommendation that the Council not ask for the cessation of the Ministerial Order (MO) cited … [Read More]
To the Affordable Housing Commission, Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax submits the following: In Halifax and the province, we are facing a housing crisis. The existence of this commission and the implementation of rent control (however provisional and temporary) are signals that the province has deigned to recognise this crisis. However, more action is needed to … [Read More]
A coalition of community organizations are demanding that the new premier rescind the $5 million “investment” that Stephen McNeil announced for Sandpiper Ventures on February 5, 2021, and invest that money towards increasing capacity at women’s shelters and improving the affordability of childcare in the province. Solidarity Kjipuktuk/Halifax, CUPE local 4745 (representing early childhood educators), … [Read More]
This winter, a group of anonymous volunteers has been building and distributing small wooden structures in a desperate attempt to provide shelter to people with nowhere warm to sleep. As stated on its website, the group is “aware that what we are doing is not a solution to the housing crisis in our city, nor … [Read More]
5 November 2020 Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax voices our opposition to Clearwater Seafoods’ megafishery on the basis that it threatens Mi’kmaw livelihood fishing. Just by existing, Clearwater’s massive operation poses a serious threat to both Mi’kmaw livelihoods and lobster conservation. We oppose the special treatment that Clearwater Seafoods receives from the Canadian government. Clearwater’s LF41 … [Read More]
Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax stands in solidarity with the Sipekne’katik First Nation and Potlotek First Nation and wholeheartedly supports Mi’kmaw rights-based fisheries. Our organization also broadly supports the Mi’kmaq assertion of inherent rights and treaty rights. We condemn the settler1 violence with which the exercise of Mi’kmaw treaty rights is being met. We are all … [Read More]
Solidarity K’jipuktuk Halifax condemns the actions of the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) during the events of June 22nd at Grand Parade and re-iterates its statement of solidarity toward those putting their health and safety on the line for the protection of immigrants, refugees, and the community as a whole. The National Citizens Alliance (NCA) is … [Read More]