Nova Scotia Homelessness

• ‘We’re still people’: As winter sets in, unhoused people in Halifax call for change

  In the first in a two-part series on homelessness in Halifax, unhoused people and service providers are concerned about the conditions for people living outside.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022
  
• N.S. opening emergency shelter in Lower Sackville with $380K funding

  In partnership with Beacon House Interfaith Society, the province is working to open an evening and overnight shelter at St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Lower Sackville, N.S.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2022
  
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• Why having certain parks for unhoused people in Halifax ‘misses the point,’ expert says

  Halifax council could vote Tuesday on recommendations from a staff report on homelessness, including one to designate parks where unhoused people can stay.

  Canada

  May 3, 2022
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• Advocates rally to save Halifax homeless shelter set to close at month’s end

  Advocates rallied Friday to save the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre's homeless shelter, which is set to close at the end of December.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2021
• Halifax Indigenous homeless shelter not properly serving community, to close Dec. 31

  The head of the shelter's parent organization says it isn't properly serving the community, while some employees say the imminent closure is in reaction to a unionization drive.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2021
• How advocacy forced governments to confront Nova Scotia’s housing crisis

  In Part 3 of our series about homelessness in Halifax and N.S., we hear from advocates who say the work of community members forced governments to acknowledge the housing crisis.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
• Nova Scotia’s shelter system and why it’s simply a ‘Band-Aid’ on a much bigger problem

  In Part 2 of our series about homelessness in Halifax and N.S., people working within the shelter system say emergency shelters are a symptom of the housing crisis, not a solution.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2021
• Nova Scotia’s housing crisis: How the emergency has reached a boiling point

  In Part 1 of our series about homelessness in Halifax and N.S., a street navigator says he can't help people like he really wants to — by finding them an affordable place to live.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2021
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• N.S. shelter organizer says province should act faster to provide housing for those in need

  Alongside the 25 people from the Citadel shelter, around 170 people in hotels will need to move out.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2020