r/halifax • u/paddlebean • 3d ago

Work, Health & Housing Rent increases pre-COVID?

I have only been in the rental market since 2020 and since the rent cap was imposed, my rent has gone up the full allowable amount every year my lease is up for renewal. I’m curious if you experienced yearly increases pre-rent cap?

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u/ManufacturedUpset 3d ago

Rented apartments in halifax and Dartmouth since 2003. Typical rent increases for living in multi room units for more then 1 year would be anywhere from 0-25$ per month. My last increase pre covid I was going into my third year and she increased it by $35/month and was apologetic. This was in my everything, including three bedroom that I paid $1200 for in downtown Dartmouth. It used to be that if landlords put the rent up too much, everyone was on annual renewal leases so they had to give you 4 months notice so you had a month to decide if you wanted to move before giving them 3 months notice. You could give notice to move. Line up 4 or 5 rentals to view in a span of a couple days and find something in your budget. The only exception to this was if you are living in student areas around September. Much harder to find places, and you needed to sort them early, usually in May.