Column: N.S. Budget invests in healthcare, housing, and education
The following is the monthly column submitted to media by Premier Tim Houston’s office. Nova Scotians don’t need to be told the world is uncertain. They can see it in…
Housing Market Report: Balanced market returning to HRM and East Hants
This column is supported by: By Don McCooeyeThe McCooeye Group – Royal LePage Atlantic (Column formed through questions asked by Pat Healey in an interview) ENFIELD: The housing market across…
Province teams with Housing Trust N.S. to protect affordable housing in Halifax
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has partnered with the Housing Trust of Nova Scotia to preserve 90 housing units – including 62 affordable units – in Halifax. Housing Minister John White made…
New first-time homebuyers program reduces minimum down payment
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: A new program launched February 3 will make it easier for Nova Scotians to become homeowners, faster., the provincial Housing Minister said. Through the First-time Homebuyers Program, the…
Year in Review: Blois reflects on year of change, growth in Kings-Hants
ELMSDALE: Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois said 2025 was a year of political upheaval and significant local progress, pointing to major infrastructure investments, housing funding, and long-term planning priorities for East…
Infrastructure, cost of living top concerns for residents, MP Clark says
FALL RIVER: Infrastructure and affordability remain the most common issues raised by residents, according to MP Braedon Clark. Clark said concerns around water systems, roads, schools, housing, and transit continue…
N.S. invests in generational affordable housing for Shannon Park
DARTMOUTH: Work to build more than 1,400 new homes across Nova Scotia – about two-thirds at Shannon Park in Dartmouth – will soon begin with funding from the province and…
N.S. NDP criticize government over Nova Scotians need for affordable homes, real rent control to address housing crisis
HALIFAX: Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender raised questions Nov. 12 about the Houston government’s housing record. Last March, Minister Colton LeBlanc admitted that half of the 16,200 new affordable homes…
N.S. NDP: New report confirms renters living in fear as gov’t ignores fixed-term lease issues
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: A new report from Dalhousie Legal Aid shows how the Houston government’s failure to act is leaving renters across Nova Scotia vulnerable and afraid of losing their homes.…
NDP proposal offers protections for renters and more homes for Nova Scotians
NOVA SCOTIA: On Tuesday, the Leader of the Official Opposition, Claudia Chender, presented New Democrats’ plans to protect renters and increase housing supply. The NDP’s legislation would deliver real rent…