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 [...]
I stopped by 1 Oak Street in Dartmouth this morning with Ministers Joanne Bernard, and Tony Ince to make an announcement on affordable housing! We want to ensure that people in communities across the province have access to safe, affordable, stable housing. That's why I announced today that we are investing $18.08 million in rental [...]
Today I was joined by MLA Joyce Treen and Housing Nova Scotia at the Dartmouth Seniors Service Centre. I announced $7.8 million in funding to give Nova Scotians more access to affordable housing and to support independent living! The funding announced today will go towards three existing programs and will help seniors and people with [...]