More public housing is coming to Nova Scotia, because the provincial authorities introduced on Friday that an extra 25 modular housing items shall be constructed throughout eight communities by the tip of March.
In a launch, the province acknowledged that the brand new items shall be located in Glace Bay, Ingonish, Port Hawkesbury, Antigonish, Amherst, Springhill, Westville and Barrington and can present housing for as much as 88 individuals. The undertaking will use $8.1 million in funding from the province’s wildfire housing help program.
The items are along with the 222 public housing items that had been introduced in September 2023, bringing the entire to 247.
“We need more affordable and accessible public housing, and we’re dedicated to finding quicker solutions,” stated John Lohr, the province’s housing minister, in an announcement.
“By using modular construction and building on provincially owned or serviced land, we’re getting more Nova Scotians into homes faster.”
Halifax MP Andy Filmore, who was current for the announcement on Friday, stated the dimensions of the funding matches the continued challenges related to accessing inexpensive housing.
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“Everyone deserves a safe, dignified place to call home at a price they can afford,” Filmore stated.
One hundred and fifty of the beforehand introduced 222 items shall be constructed within the Halifax Regional Municipality. In the discharge, it was introduced {that a} new six-storey constructing shall be constructed on Gottingen Street together with the event of two new buildings situated on Sackville Manor and Old Beaver Bank Road — one 5 storeys and the opposite two.
“Details of the other public housing sites will be released in the coming weeks,” the Nova Scotia Government assertion added.
Several components had been stated to be thought-about when figuring out the housing websites together with an space’s want for brand spanking new items, proximity to companies equivalent to grocery shops and public transit, and the capability so as to add extra items to present public housing areas.
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Nova Scotia to build 25 more public housing units across province by spring
