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Documents released to Nova Scotia NDP show public housing wait-list up over 8,000
Nova Scotia plans to add 242 new housing units costing $136.4 million as wait times average 1.7 years for over 8,000 people needing public housing.
- On Thursday, the Opposition NDP released an access-to-information package showing Nova Scotia's public housing wait-list surpassed 8,000, with 8,267 people waiting as of June 27.
- Last February, the Province of Nova Scotia announced it would double new public housing units, but NDP leader Claudia Chender said many have 'run out of options' as rent caps remain weak due to fixed-term lease loopholes.
- Across the province, district data show Halifax, Nova Scotia has 3,545 on the waitlist and 2,174 seeking one-bedroom units, with 47 per cent seniors; western, northern, and Cape Breton districts also report large queues.
- Growth and Development Minister Colton LeBlanc said the capital plan includes 242 new public housing units costing $136.4 million, while the Province of Nova Scotia has more than 11,000 units and average wait times of about 1.7 years; the government has yet to provide a full breakdown of where and when units will be built.
- Chender added that the Progressive Conservative government has made reforms in recent years to speed unit turnover, but progress remains slow despite an affordable building opening in Cole Harbour.
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Documents released to Nova Scotia NDP show public housing wait-list up over 8,000
Nova Scotia’s Opposition NDP says the province’s wait-list for public housing surpassed 8,000 people in June — a jump of about 1,200 people over an eight-month period. The updated numbers are contained in documents released to the NDP through a freedom of information request by the Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency. The figures show a […]
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