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Halifax rally calls for affordable housing measures in Nova Scotia
More than 20 students and community members demand replacing a temporary 5% rent cap with a rent control system tied to the consumer price index, citing housing affordability concerns.
- On Nov. 7, 2025, Dalhousie University student union leaders held a march in downtown Halifax urging the province to address the city's housing crisis.
- Rising living costs are squeezing students who say Dalhousie students juggle rent with tuition and groceries, making housing a top concern amid vulnerability to higher expenses.
- More than 20 students and community members marched through downtown and paused at Province House, Halifax, where official Opposition NDP Leader Claudia Chender addressed the crowd.
- Urging the provincial government of Nova Scotia to act, Maren Mealey, Student Union president, said Premier Tim Houston's government must take meaningful action to lower rent and protect tenants.
- Replaced the temporary five per cent rent cap with a rent-control system tied to the consumer price index, Chender said, calling housing the biggest challenge facing Nova Scotia.
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Halifax student leaders hold rally for N.S. government to address housing crisis
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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Student representatives from Dalhousie University in Halifax held a march in downtown Halifax on Friday, urging the province to urgently address the housing crisis in the provincial capital.
HALIFAX—Student representatives at Dalhousie University in Halifax held a walk downtown on Friday, urging the province to urgently address the housing crisis in the provincial capital. The president of the student association, Maren Mealey, argued that Prime Minister Tim Houston's government must take concrete steps to reduce rents and protect tenants. Ms. Mealey explained that students struggle to make ends meet due to the high cost of housing,…
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