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Politicians were warned a multi-year rent cap would lead to more people being left out in the cold

On-campus residences at Cape Breton University. Many university students in Nova Scotia are having a fruitless search for a place to live in time for fall semester. — Contributed photoKevin Russell is executive director of the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia , which has been the voice of residential rental property owners since 1978. IPOANS members collectively have more than 45,000 residential housing units under management across Nova Scotia.

None of this should be surprising, as private-sector rental housing providers warned PC, Liberal and NDP politicians last fall what would happen with a multi-year rent cap.

 

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