When Elizabeth O’Hanley was scrolling Kijiji in early March looking for a new place to live, she saw an ad that shocked her. The Dartmouth triplex she had just moved out of was listed for more than double the rent she had been paying to live there for years.
O’Hanley had lived on the top floor of the small family home since 2016. Her most recent rent was $925 a month. The listing she saw for a smaller unit on the middle floor was $2,350 monthly.
After posting about the situation on TikTok, she heard both units were rented in a matter of days.
Even though Nova Scotia currently limits annual
