John Lohr

• N.S. housing crisis: Province plans to impose steeper registration fees for short-term rentals

  The Nova Scotia government plans to introduce new legislation this fall to further regulate short-term rentals and impose higher annual registration fees.

  Canada

  Oct 5
  
• ‘Lake over life’: Windsor aboiteau closure sparks environmental concerns in Nova Scotia

  An emergency order to close the Windsor aboiteau and refill Lake Pisiquid during the Nova Scotia wildfires has fishers, conservationists and Indigenous groups crying foul.

  Environment

  Jun 13
  
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• Nova Scotia government touts land-for-housing plan as way to reduce shortages

  Nova Scotia's government is providing some of its surplus land in an Annapolis Valley village to help defray the cost of building 24 co-operative housing units. 

  Canada

  May 10
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• Halifax homelessness crisis: What governments are doing and why advocates say more is needed

  In the second part of a two-part series on homelessness in Halifax, municipal and provincial governments say they're working on the issue, but advocates say time is of the essence.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2022
• Nova Scotia has example in Annapolis Valley of working vulnerable persons registry

  The Kings County Regional Emergency Management Organization has had a voluntary registry in place since September 2019 and is trying to get more people to sign up.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
• N.S. housing minister addresses controversial bill with Halifax councillors who call it ‘overreach’

  Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr spoke to councillors about Bill 225, which would give him the authority to nullify HRM bylaws to allow faster housing construction.

  Politics

  Nov 8, 2022
• N.S. housing bill amended after concerns by Black community over gentrification

  Housing minister says the government decided on the amendment after a letter expressing concern from the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
• Halifax mayor to province: ‘Don’t intrude on municipal jurisdiction’ when it comes to housing

  The provincial government has proposed amendments to the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter that would allow it to override municipal by-laws if they impeded housing development

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2022
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• Nova Scotia loans $1M to temporary housing project for ex-offenders

  The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia is borrowing $1.1 million with low interest for a multi-unit home in Halifax that will house eight people exiting correctional facilities.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2022
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• Nova Scotia announces loan program for non-profits to purchase housing

  Nova Scotia's housing minister announced the Community Housing Acquisition Program will allow housing non-profits access $10 million in repayable loans.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022