Disability Housing

• Housing for N.S. adults with disabilities shifts slowly out of nursing homes

  'It's changed my life. In fact, it may have saved my life,' says Vicky Levack, arranging for an independent life beyond the walls of a nursing home.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2022
  
• Battle over housing rights for people with intellectual disabilities in N.S. court

  Small options homes are residences where one to four people with disabilities live, with care and necessary supports provided by the province.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2020
  
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• N.S. housing wait also long for poor without disabilities, witness testifies

  Government lawyers called Neil MacDonald, a manager at Housing Nova Scotia, who testified that 3,400 families and seniors are on wait lists, and on some housing programs the average wait approaches three years.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2018
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• Expert who warned of ‘incarcerating’ people with disabilities speaks at Nova Scotia inquiry

  In 2006, Dorothy Griffiths and Dr. Chrissoula Stavrakaki delivered a report to the Nova Scotia Hospital that concluded it was "verging" on violating the basic rights of people with disabilities.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2018
• Woman with intellectual disability details 15-year quest for release from N.S. hospital

  The human rights inquiry is considering whether human rights for two Nova Scotians were breached when the province refused to move them from hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2018
• People with disabilities stuck in Nova Scotia hospital for years : Report

  An inquiry is considering whether 46-year-old Beth MacLean and 45-year-old Joseph Delaney should be permitted to move from the hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2018