You'd need to make about $27 an hour to afford a 1-bedroom apartment in Halifax

[shockedcanadian]

It's worse in Toronto and Vancouver.

This lack of housing and the dream of independence is going to lead to further exiting of top talent.

America should make sure you don't follow suit. If you keep housing affordable, all else becomes far more reasonable and you maintain a consumer economy.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2024-rental-wage-halifax-1.7631103

Even though he has a mid-level job at a university and lives in a three-bedroom apartment with roommates, Halifax resident Samuel Turpin still lives paycheque to paycheque.

The 28-year-old says he'd like to live in a one-bedroom apartment, but there's no way he could afford it.

It's "just increasingly frustrating to be trying to afford to have a roof over your head," said Turpin, adding that the idea of having to find a new place to rent in the current market is "immensely" scary.

"It's gotten to the point where I am wary of reporting issues in the apartment … in case the landlord uses it as an excuse to renovict."

Turpin pays about $1,000 per month in rent and shares a single bathroom with his three roommates.

He's likely one of many people in the city who would not be able to afford an apartment of their own.

 

[rightwinger]

Turpin pays about $1,000 per month in rent and shares a single bathroom with his three roommates.

Four people pay a thousand each?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

It's worse in Toronto and Vancouver.

This lack of housing and the dream of independence is going to lead to further exiting of top talent.

America should make sure you don't follow suit. If you keep housing affordable, all else becomes far more reasonable and you maintain a consumer economy.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2024-rental-wage-halifax-1.7631103

Even though he has a mid-level job at a university and lives in a three-bedroom apartment with roommates, Halifax resident Samuel Turpin still lives paycheque to paycheque.

The 28-year-old says he'd like to live in a one-bedroom apartment, but there's no way he could afford it.

It's "just increasingly frustrating to be trying to afford to have a roof over your head," said Turpin, adding that the idea of having to find a new place to rent in the current market is "immensely" scary.

"It's gotten to the point where I am wary of reporting issues in the apartment … in case the landlord uses it as an excuse to renovict."

Turpin pays about $1,000 per month in rent and shares a single bathroom with his three roommates.

He's likely one of many people in the city who would not be able to afford an apartment of their own.

The problem is Halifax is growing faster than it can sustain that growth. The demand for housing far surpasses the available supply, or the speed of which new housing can be built.
It happens to every fast growing city

 

[rightwinger]

In Halifax, Nova Scotia, one‑bedroom apartment rents have been rising and what you pay depends a lot on location (downtown vs outskirts), building quality, and amenities. Here are some recent figures to give you a ballpark:

Recent Rent Estimates

• Average for one‑bedroom: around CAD $1,807/month.
• More specific Q1 2025 data puts one‑bedroom units at about CAD $1,875/month.
• On the lower end, some good condition units outside the city centre may go for CAD $1,300‑CAD $1,600/month depending on how far from downtown and what the building offers.

 

[Cassandro]

The problem is Halifax is growing faster than it can sustain that growth. The demand for housing far surpasses the available supply, or the speed of which new housing can be built.
It happens to every fast growing city

Why is it growing so fast? The Maritime Provinces have been basket cases ever since they ran out of fish and lumber.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Why is it growing so fast? The Maritime Provinces have been basket cases ever since they ran out of fish and lumber.

Dunno - I would wager they are having same issue as America, no jobs in smaller towns since everything is outsourced to China/Mexico so everyone is going to cities?

 

[Mr Natural]

Why is it growing so fast? The Maritime Provinces have been basket cases ever since they ran out of fish and lumber.

Because more people want to live there then don’t.

Simple economics.

 

[hondo 50]

Might as well buy a house.

 

[frigidweirdo]

It's worse in Toronto and Vancouver.

This lack of housing and the dream of independence is going to lead to further exiting of top talent.

America should make sure you don't follow suit. If you keep housing affordable, all else becomes far more reasonable and you maintain a consumer economy.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2024-rental-wage-halifax-1.7631103

Even though he has a mid-level job at a university and lives in a three-bedroom apartment with roommates, Halifax resident Samuel Turpin still lives paycheque to paycheque.

The 28-year-old says he'd like to live in a one-bedroom apartment, but there's no way he could afford it.

It's "just increasingly frustrating to be trying to afford to have a roof over your head," said Turpin, adding that the idea of having to find a new place to rent in the current market is "immensely" scary.

"It's gotten to the point where I am wary of reporting issues in the apartment … in case the landlord uses it as an excuse to renovict."

Turpin pays about $1,000 per month in rent and shares a single bathroom with his three roommates.

He's likely one of many people in the city who would not be able to afford an apartment of their own.

This is how they control you. Making it impossible to afford a place, so you have to pay them to rent.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

No. It takes two people making $13.50 an hour for a one-bedroom apartment and they should me married, in love or homosexual and OK with sleeping with each other. Most Canadians would fit that bill, especially the homo part!

 

[MayorQuimby]

This is how they control you. Making it impossible to afford a place, so you have to pay them to rent.

In other words, what the Kushners probably do.