Nova Scotia's low vacancy rate giving landlords ‘the upper hand’ over renters, new housing minister says

Opposition and NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the provincial government should be addressing fixed-term leases that are causing rental costs to skyrocket. 

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A fixed-term lease is intended as an attractive option for students, temporary workers and others but landlords can use the so-called fixed-term-lease loophole to circumnavigate rent cap limitations by simply evicting tenants at the end of a fixed-term lease and renting to new tenants. 

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