Homelessness: Tiny home village to open next week in Halifax suburb

A colony of tiny homes is acceptable to unfastened adjacent period successful a Halifax suburb, the latest task by the provincial authorities to code homelessness.

Located successful Lower Sackville, N.S., the tiny location assemblage volition location up to 34 radical erstwhile the archetypal 26 units unfastened Nov. 4.

Another 35 radical are scheduled to determination successful erstwhile operation connected different 29 units should beryllium implicit successful December, nether a concern betwixt the province, the Halifax Regional Municipality, United Way Halifax, The Shaw Group and Dexter Construction.

The state invested $9.4 cardinal to physique the colony and volition lend $935,000 annually for operating costs.

Residents person been chosen from a database of radical experiencing homelessness maintained by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia.

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They volition wage rent that is tied to their income for a portion that is afloat furnished with a backstage bathroom, ablution and a room equipped with a cooktop, tiny fridge and microwave.

The Atlantic Community Shelters Society volition besides supply enactment to residents, ranging from counselling and intelligence wellness supports to employment and acquisition services.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Oct. 24, 2024.