Nova Scotia election: Liberals call for new strategy for seniors housing

Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill says if his enactment is elected to govern connected Nov. 26, it would make a broad lodging strategy for seniors.

Churchill made the announcement contiguous astatine Liberal office successful Halifax earlier heading disconnected connected his run bus.

The projected strategy, portion of the Liberals’ antecedently announced platform, calls for processing small, walkable communities for seniors — but the level does not connection details.

Churchill says a Liberal authorities would besides reappraisal the spot taxation system, which helium says penalizes seniors who privation to downsize.

The Liberals are besides promising to treble the province’s yearly seniors attraction assistance to $1,500 and grow eligibility for the wealth by expanding the maximum yearly household income threshold to $50,000 from $45,000.

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As well, Churchill is promising to walk an further $10 cardinal annually to amended the moving conditions of homecare workers, a determination the Liberals accidental would assistance destruct a existent staffing shortage.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Nov. 20,  2024.