Keys to a housing secure future for all Nova Scotians
This report examines the question what would it take to ensure that everyone has meaningful access to safe, permanently affordable, secure, supported and adequate housing in Nova Scotia? The findings prioritize public, non-market affordable housing, funded by general...
Nova Scotians now need to be paying 50% of income on housing to qualify for rent supplement
When housing support worker Leigh MacLean noticed a change on Nova Scotia's rent supplement application form, she thought it was a misprint. The threshold to qualify for the program had been hiked from 30 to 50 per cent of a person's pre-tax income being spent on...
Average rent in Halifax increased at ‘fastest pace on record,’ CMHC report shows
Halifax renters had “no relief” in 2022, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest rental market report. The city’s average rent increased by 8.9 per cent to $1,350, despite the province’s two per cent rent cap for tenants who remain in the same...
N.S. Government extends 2% rent cap until Dec. 31, 2023
The Nova Scotia government is enshrining the current two per cent cap on rental increases in law until Dec. 31, 2023, as part of an ambitious plan intended to address the province's housing crisis. Premier Tim Houston and Housing Minister John Lohr made the...
Nova Scotians will no longer need home address to get income assistance
People who don't have a home address, but also don't want to live in a shelter, will soon be able to apply for income assistance. Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services is ending a long-standing policy that only people who can provide a home address can get...
Here’s how little some people on assistance have left after housing costs
Those at Welcome Housing and Support Services in Halifax sometimes see clients who have only a few dollars to last them the month after their rent and power bills are paid. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1893660739552
