SHORTAGE OF HOUSING

Housing Commission has released its final progress report on the Province’s efforts to address the urgent need for improved affordable housing

Of the 17 recommendations and 60 meaningful actions in the commission’s 2021 report, Charting a New Course for Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia, close to 50 is complete or substantially complete and most of the remaining are in progress

The commission noted several important actions have been completed since its first progress report in January In particular, the commission highlighted the Province’s investment to create the Community Housing Growth Fund to support and expand the community housing sector in Nova Scotia The government also launched the first-ever provincewide housing needs assessment and a needs assessment for African Nova Scotian communities that will help inform the development of a long-term housing strategy for the province.