As we continue to invest in affordable housing, we must ensure these homes are energy efficient and affordable to heat! This morning I announced a series of investments from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund to support the planning, construction, or retrofit of over 100 house units in Nova Scotia and New [...]
Great to have Minister Ahmed Hussen in Dartmouth today to announce more affordable housing for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour! Our Government is investing $3.7 Million through the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) to help the Affordable Housing Association of NS build new homes on True North Crescent in Dartmouth for those who need it the most! We [...]
While we’re working to build more affordable housing for those who need it the most, we’re also helping to repair and revitalize existing affordable housing units across the province. Today, the Government of Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia announced more than $13 million in investments through the Community Housing Infrastructure and Repair [...]
Joined by Minister Ahmed Hussen, I just announced a $6.5 million investment to help provide safe and supportive housing here in Dartmouth. This funding, delivered to HRM through our Government’s Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI), will be used to quickly transform a former hotel, located at 101 Yorkshire Avenue into “The Overlook”. Opening this year, [...]
Although housing generally falls within the provincial government's jurisdiction, our Government has taken an active role by investing in affordable housing, and we will continue doing everything we can to help make sure that individuals and families have a safe place to call home. It's the right thing to do. We just announced an [...]
GREAT news. The Halifax Regional Municipality will receive $8.7 MILLION for affordable housing through the New Rapid Housing Initiative (Major Cities Stream)! This is super news for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. And I want to stress that this is just ONE stream out of the $55 billion National Housing Strategy. The goal of the [...]
BREAKING: We just announced a $1 Billion Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) to build thousands of new affordable housing units to address urgent housing needs of vulnerable Canadians. When Canadians were asked to stay home to help contain the spread of COVID-19, too many were without a safe place during this pandemic. And now more [...]
Just Announced!! Good news for affordable housing in Nova Scotia! The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia have reached a bilateral agreement under the National Housing Strategy. The agreement will invest almost $394.2M to repair, renew and expand social and community housing across the province. We’ll also work together on the design and implementation [...]
Minister Lawrence MacAulay joined me in Dartmouth to formally announce that our Government is providing $840,000 to VETS Canada to help them provide support for homeless Veterans. Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada was founded in 2010 by Veteran Jim Lowther, who wanted to assist Veterans who were facing issues like unemployment, homelessness, and/or risk [...]
The new 24-bedroom Bryony House shelter for women and children fleeing family violence will be built in Dartmouth, with a $2.33 Million contribution from the Government of Canada!! Today I joined provincial Minister Kelly Regan, MP Andy Fillmore, Deputy Mayor Tony Mancini, the Halifax Transition House Association and the folks from Bryony House to [...]