Tenants of seven buildings in New Glasgow, N.S., were left with no running water for four days until it was reconnected on Tuesday. The landlord hadn't paid the water bills for multiple years before the service was cut off, according to a senior town official.

Construction crews started work on more new housing units in Nova Scotia in the first three months of 2024 than during any first quarter on record. Experts say it's a good sign, but building rates need to increase further to accommodate the province's growing population.

It's been a year since a consultant recommended Nova Scotia create an enforcement and compliance unit to regulate rental disputes. But so far there is no public progress on this, and tenants and landlords say the current system is broken.

Brad Johns has begun calling a list of dozens of women's organizations to discuss his comments about domestic violence. Johns said Thursday he doesn't think domestic violence is an epidemic, and later apologized publicly.

After spending the winter in their recreational vehicles because they couldn't find affordable housing options, people who took part in a Dartmouth pilot program are calling for a larger, more permanent space for people who live in RVs.

Residents were expected to move into the tiny homes this summer after the provincial government announced the project in October 2023. That timeline has now been pushed back to at least fall.

Some advocates say the process to file a complaint against landlords for discriminating against those with children takes time and does little to help those with an urgent need to find housing.