New Brunswick Affordable Housing

• Saint John, N.B. rolls out new grant to incentivize affordable housing

  The Affordable Housing Grant Program is expected to create up to 60 new affordable units in Saint John within the next year.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2023
  
• Tenants ‘anxious’ as New Brunswick’s temporary rent cap winds down

  A 3.8 per cent temporary cap on rent increases introduced earlier this year is set to end on Dec. 31. Stakeholders are warning this could lead to a spike in evictions.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2022
  
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• N.B. affordable housing wait-list has grown by 2,000 since housing agreement signed

  The province says it has added 172 new affordable housing units over the last three years, but just half of those are new construction and many have yet to be completed.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2022
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• Former high school building pegged for affordable housing in Saint John

  Saint John's Human Development Council says its data shows there are about 55 people who are chronically homeless, meaning they have been homeless for at least six months

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
• New Brunswick wait list for affordable housing grows by more than 800 in six months

  "It's not meeting the needs. It is not even helping," said Trevor Goodwin, senior director of outreach with YMCA Reconnect.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2019
• Fredericton non-profit says federal funding needed now to address N.B. housing crisis

  There is a growing crisis in affordable housing in the province.

  Money

  Nov 13, 2018