{"id":62103,"date":"2026-02-03T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=62103"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:55:00","slug":"chender-releases-statement-on-provinces-new-homebuyers-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=62103","title":{"rendered":"Chender releases statement on province&#8217;s new homebuyers program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement Feb. 3 about the First Time Homebuyers Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNova Scotians want to be able to stay in our province and build a good life for their families,&#8221; said Chender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Part of that future is being able to buy their own home, and we need housing programs that help more people realize that dream.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s good to see the Houston government finally acknowledge the challenges families are facing in purchasing a home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nova Scotians could have used today\u2019s announcement five years ago but late is better than never.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/new-first-time-homebuyers-program-reduces-minimum-down-payment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New first-time homebuyers program reduces minimum down payment<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chender continued in her statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The reality is that after five years of this PC government, it\u2019s harder than ever for families to buy a first home,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Houston government needs to get serious about keeping young people here by building many more homes that people and families can actually afford and protecting renters so they can stay in their homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our focus remains on putting home ownership within reach again for more Nova Scotians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement Feb. 3 about the First Time Homebuyers Program. \u201cNova Scotians want to be able to stay in our province and build a good life for their families,&#8221; said Chender. &#8220;Part of that future is being able to buy their own home, and we need housing [&hellip;]<\/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":[3124,10245,10246,5635,4794,3440,2517],"class_list":["post-62103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-claudia-chender","tag-first-time-homebuyers","tag-homebuyers-program","tag-homes","tag-houston-government","tag-nsndp","tag-premier-tim-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62103","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=62103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62103\/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=62103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}