Department of Community Services The information provided is short, but the list of available programs and services is very helpful. www.novascotia.ca/coms/index.html There is no rent control in Nova Scotia, with the exception of prefabricated houses (formerly mobile homes) and land rental municipalities (formerly mobile home parks). The owners set the rental price of their units. Landlords, regardless of the type of residential rental unit, can only increase the rent once every 12 months and are required to inform the tenant in writing 4 months before the lease anniversary. By law, you must inform your landlord in writing at least 3 months before the anniversary of the lease (lease) to move from a year-to-year lease to a monthly lease (lease). The communication must contain: it is illegal for landlords to require tenants to provide key funds. . . .