Halifax Affordable Housing

• $11 million announced for affordable housing in Halifax

  The federal government has announced more than $11 million in funding for affordable housing in Halifax Regional Municipality, which will help create at least 36 new units.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
  
• ‘Desperate pleas:’ Halifax university students struggling to find housing

  With only three weeks until classes start, student unions at Halifax universities say there are still many first-year students on the hunt for accommodations.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2022
  
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• Nova Scotia to give $203K to Habitat for Humanity housing project

  The project will create 77 affordable housing units in Spryfield, N.S., which families will be able to purchase with no down payment and an interest-free mortgage.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022
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• Nova Scotia designates 9 areas in Halifax for accelerated housing development

  The province estimates the Halifax region is short at least 17,000 housing units -- a figure it says continues to grow.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2022
• Halifax homelessness growing as housing projects catch up with demand

  The number of people experiencing homelessness in the Halifax Regional Municipality continues to increase as 2022 kicks off.

  Politics

  Jan 12, 2022
• Free legal advice offered to those charged in Halifax encampment protest

  'Many of the people that were charged that day have never had any interaction with police,' said Ash Avery, the executive director of Cloverdale.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2021
• ‘Sad state of affairs’: Housing non-profit has to turn away new clients in Halifax and Dartmouth

  Diana Devlin, executive director of Welcome Housing & Support Services, says not only are new affordable units not being built, "renoviction" rates caused by developers are skyrocketing.

  Politics

  Feb 25, 2020