Today, alongside my colleagues Minister Lena Metlege Diab and Braedon Clark, we joined the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS) and community partners to highlight an investment of $6 million in Reaching Home funding supporting 16 projects across HRM.
We’ve entrusted AHANS to administer annual funding through Reaching Home to critical frontline organizations addressing homelessness, and the latest round includes support for 902 Man Up, the Halifax Refugee Clinic, Bryony House, Shelter Nova Scotia, and the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, among others.
I think we can all agree that solving the housing crisis won’t happen in an office in Ottawa or just in the boardrooms of our cities.
Back in 2019, when we launched Reaching Home, we did so with the realization that local organizations already working with those most vulnerable in our communities have a very real and clear understanding of both the needs in their communities and, often, how best to support them.
That’s why our government partners with strong community organizations to deliver projects based on local needs and data, with clear outcomes and flexible funding.
It was fitting to gather at 902 Man Up in Dartmouth, which is receiving $230,000 in Reaching Home funding this year to help build organizational capacity and support a dedicated housing support worker focused on African Nova Scotian homelessness.
Thank you to all of the incredible organizations across Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and HRM who are working so hard to help lift those most vulnerable in our communities.
