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The same year, Nova Scotia's auditor general released a report critical of the management of public housing in the province. [2] The Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency was established by the Housing Supply and Services Act, which replaced the Housing Act and Housing Nova Scotia Act in late 2022. [3] Under the new legislation, NSPHA was ...
1.4 Nova Scotia. 1.5 Newfoundland and Labrador. 1.6 Ontario. 1.7 Quebec. ... In more recent decades Metro Housing has built smaller developments integrated into ...
In the age group 0 to 54 the prevalence of low income decreased sharply; there was a slight increase in the number of low income in those over 65. [9] The Gini coefficient declined from 0.343 in 2010 to 0.302 in 2020, which is an indicator of lower inequality. [9]
In New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba, the provincial government have funding programs that provides financial assistance to owners and landlords of rooming houses that serve low-income people; the funding must be used to do repairs of a structural, electrical, plumbing, or fire safety nature.
The 2009 Canadian federal budget allocated funds for the period covering 2009–2011: renovation and energy retrofits to social housing ($1 billion); to build housing for low-income seniors ($400 million); to build social housing for persons with disabilities ($75 million); to support social housing in the North ($200 million); low-cost loans ...
Low Income Cut-Off After-Tax (LICO-AT) % of families below the income threshold who "will likely devote a large share of their income on necessities" 8.8% 10.1% [2] Market Basket Measure (MBM) % low income families; disposable income below the cost of basket of basic goods and services 10.5% [2] Ontario Housing Measure
Authorities had largely ignored them for a century or more, despite documents dating to the 1860s that showed the prevalence of intrafamilial relationships through high rates of birth defects and intellectual disabilities, although the county's low-income housing society had been working to build 565-square-foot 'hearth homes'.
The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (abbreviated THANS) is a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based organisation that runs women's shelters. [1] THANS was founded in 1989. [2] THANS organises an annual purple ribbon awareness campaign in memory of the École Polytechnique massacre. [3]