住房部长哈利法克斯（Halifax

一项旨在帮助首次购房者进入越来越热的住房市场的自由主义者MLA法案已被房屋部长和该省最大的市政当局所束缚。

Cole Harbour-Dartmouth Mla Lorelei Nicoll介绍了法案100，上周修改《市政政府法》的法令，并收到二读星期三在房子里。

该法案将免除首次购房者的契据转让税。该财产（住宅或商业财产的买方）征收该税。《市政政府法》允许市政当局收取多达1.5％的收费。在哈利法克斯地区市政当局中，税收为全额1.5％ - $ 500,000的房屋中的7,500美元。

“I would encourage this government to support this bill, which would serve as a practical tool in incentivizing young people to stay and lay their roots in this province,” Nicoll said during second reading on Wednesday.

“这将直接支持我们已经努力的目标。我需要强调的是，该法案不会全部删除契据转让税。作为前议员，我了解这项税收产生的收入以及这些费用是如何运营和运营市政当局的基础设施和服务所必需的。但是，在事物的宏伟计划中，仅由首次购房者的税收所产生的收入将对市政当局的整体收入产生很小的影响，但会对那些希望创造生活的人的生活产生巨大的影响自己在这个省。”

Halifax Needham NDP MLA Suzy Hansen argued the bill wouldn’t help those who need it most.

“Eliminating the deed transfer tax for first-time buyers would make it easier for those who can already afford to enter the property market,” Hansen said.

“It does nothing to address the core structural issues of affordability. To do that, we have to talk about increasing incomes, which means putting more money in Nova Scotians’ pockets and increasing the number of non-market affordable homes.”

Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr said he didn’t like the idea of downloading the plan onto municipalities.

“I can tell you that the municipalities are tight for money. They watch every penny and they don’t want our good ideas costing them money,” Lohr said.

Lohr表示，除了收入损失之外，市政当局还必须奉献人力资源以确定免除契据转让税的资格。

“We realize we’re in a housing crisis and we’re moving to address it in a number of different ways. But as I said, I think that our municipalities would be rather shocked at this bill, because this bill is telling them what to do. And it’s my goal as minister not to do that,” Lohr said.

尼科尔（Nicoll）以前是哈利法克斯（Halifax）的科尔·哈伯（Cole Harbour-Westphal）地区议员，他建议该省可以利用该省的收入extra deed transfer tax being charged to out-of-province buyers, 5%, to make up the loss for municipalities.

Given Lohr’s comments, it’s unlikely the bill will move past second reading.

但是news release, HRM confirmed the minister’s concerns, saying it “strongly opposes” any legislation created without consultation with municipalities:

对于许多新斯科舍省人来说，住房负担能力是一个问题。哈利法克斯地区市政当局和新斯科舍省正在与加拿大抵押和住房公司，私营部门和非营利性住房组织建设性地合作，以增加所有住房类型的供应。

Remaining focused on the supply of housing is important and urgent at this time and we applaud the province for its proactive approach in that respect – as highlighted by yesterday’s announcement that it is investing nearly $22 million to create more than 370 affordable housing units in Dartmouth.

为了预测该拟议立法对整个新斯科舍省市政当局的影响的全部范围是为时过早的。但是，契据转让税是所有市政当局的重要收入来源，任何减少都将导致更高的财产税或减少市政计划和服务。

2016年，市政员工估计有35％的住宅销售涉及初次购买者。理事会考虑了那时首次购买或分配首次购买者的契约转让税的选择，并且年度费用为700万美元。契据转让税现在的市政收入更多，预算为2022 - 2023年的8300万美元，而2015 - 2016年为3200万美元。

市政人员recommended keeping the status quoin 2016 because there was little evidence deed transfer tax “impedes market growth or is a barrier to entry into the real estate market.” Councillors voted in favour of the recommendation, but Nicoll, then a councillor,moved for another staff report“on how the Deed Transfer Tax could be used to stimulate home sale[s] in Halifax Regional Municipality.”

该动议失败了，但值得注意的是，尼科尔（Nicoll）当时承认放弃契据转让税将刺激市场。今天也是如此：在已经过热的市场中，放弃的转让税可能会进一步增加需求。

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