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From a press release<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> NSNDP Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement today in response to the Houston government\u2019s decision to expand the rent supplement program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are relieved that the Houston government has finally decided to restore some eligibility for the rent supplement program, more than a year after their punitive decision to cut it,” said Chender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Nova Scotia New Democrats know this program has been falling short and we\u2019ve been calling for it to be expanded as more Nova Scotians are struggling to afford their homes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n In January 2023, the Houston government changed the eligibility threshold to qualify for the program from 30 to 50 per cent of a household\u2019s gross income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This change resulted in hundreds of Nova Scotians being blocked from accessing this program, and myself and my New Democrat colleagues have been calling for its reversal ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The decision on Aug. 23 to change the threshold to 40 per cent is a step in the right direction, but there is still much more work left to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘Rent supplements are a stop-gap measure as affordable housing options continue to be out of reach for many Nova Scotians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We continue to call on the Houston government to ensure that Nova Scotians are able to find and keep homes they can afford by implementing real solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Making deep investments in rapid and affordable home construction and non-market housing, closing the fixed-term lease loophole, creating real rent control and increasing renter protections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”105″] [adrotate banner=”126″] From a press release HALIFAX: NSNDP Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement today in response to the Houston government\u2019s decision to expand the rent supplement program: \u201cWe are relieved that the Houston government has finally decided to restore some eligibility for the rent supplement program, more than a year after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[3124,1637,1378,1077,1126,7248],"class_list":["post-47887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-claudia-chender","tag-housing","tag-n-s-ndp","tag-nova-scotia","tag-province","tag-rent-supplement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}