Housing Crunch
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N.S. housing crunch must be treated as ‘once-in-a-generation challenge’: industryStatistics Canada data from July to September 2023 found that residential construction costs were up by 8.4 per cent in Halifax compared to the same quarter last year.CanadaNov 28, 2023
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Nova Scotia government lays out plan to reduce 41,000-home shortage by 2028Housing Minister John Lohr announced the province will make $1-billion in investments over the next five years “to create the conditions” for additional housing.CanadaOct 23, 2023
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Federal government invests $79 million for new Halifax housingFederal Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced $79-million for housing in the Halifax Regional municipality, aimed at curbing a housing crunch.CanadaOct 12, 2023
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh meets with N.S. university students to talk housingNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made a stop at Dalhousie University to speak to students Monday about the province-wide housing crisis.CanadaSep 11, 2023
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Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workersThe site is to include up to 12 one-bedroom units along with six townhouses suitable for families, with rent to be based on income.CanadaSep 11, 2023
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Fire tears through residential building in Châteauguay: 36 families displacedThe mayor said the situation is especially difficult as it's the second time in four years that a residential building for low-income earners is destroyed by fire.FireAug 24, 2023
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Planning committee to review ‘Official Plan’ amendments for Frontenac Mall developmentKingston's planning committee will be considering changes to the city's Official Plan and zoning bylaw to allow residential and commercial building on the Frontenac Mall site.CanadaJul 13, 2023
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Nearly 700 people are homeless in Halifax, new statistics showThe Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia stats show 694 people are heading into winter without a place to call home. It's up by about 200 when compared to a year ago.CanadaDec 1, 2022
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Big White Ski Resort facing housing crunch for staff membersBig White senior vice-president Michael Ballingall said the resort's housing shortage is the result of former rental properties being sold at a tremendous pace the last two years.CanadaOct 14, 2022
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Canadian Forces urged to contact Habitat for Humanity amid housing crunchThe email, confirmed as authentic by the Department of National Defence, included a link and contact information for the charity's northern Vancouver Island chapter.CanadaMay 23, 2022
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