FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: 30% INCREASE IN NB RENTS IN 3 YRS, WORST AMONG ALL OTHER CANADIAN CITIES!

TONIGHT ON THE RIDICULOG, I'M COMBINING A STORY THAT BROKE THIS WEEK AND THE FACT IT MAKES A GOOD RIDICULOG. LAST YEAR AT THE 'END OF YEAR' INTERVIEW, BLAINE HIGGS WAS ASKED IF THE RENT CAP WOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS YEAR AND THE ANSWER WAS NO! IT SEEMS THE STOP GAP MEASURES INTRODUCED DID NOT WORK. ONE OF THE MEASURES IS A TYPE OF LOAN WHERE AN APPLICANT FILLS OUT A FORM AND IF APPROVED GETS AN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HELP WITH THE RENT. THE OTHER METHOD IS CONTACTING THE RENTAL TRIBUNAL AND ASKING FOR A RENT REDUCTION. THIS DIDN'T WORK IN FREDERICTON AS A LADY THERE WAS TOLD THAT THE RENT SHE PAID IN A RUN DOWN BUILDING WAS ON PAR FOR OTHER RENTAL UNITS IN HER AREA. THE BLAINE HIGGS GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING SHORT ON HELPING NEW BRUNSWICKERS AND IS TIME FOR FRESH FACES TO MOVE INTO THE CAPITAL AND CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER IN NEW BRUNSWICK FOR RENTERS! PRETTY BAD COMPARED TO EVERY OTHER PROVINCE IN CANADA THE RENTS WENT UP HIGHER PERCENTAGE WISE IN THE LAST 3 YRS!