Landlord 'loophole': Halifax tenant warns renters not to sign fixed-term lease

Some tenants who've signed fixed-term leases are not getting renewed and are left scrambling for affordable housing in Nova Scotia.

One Halifax student says he’s being forced out of his home over the lease “loophole” allowing landlords to increase the rent.

“I’ve had no issues as a tenant, no complaints, haven’t missed rent,” Jonathan Hird said. "A few months [after receiving the notice], I saw my exact unit being posted online, so the plans for the building was to make more money,"

Fixed-term leases allow landlords in Nova Scotia to skirt the current two-percent cap on rent increases, as it only applies to existing tenants and ongoing leases.

Megan King reports.

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