New modular housing for healthcare and skilled workers is coming to the province.
The Nova Scotia government will put an additional $12 million to follow the $8 million announced in January, to provide more affordable housing to help recruit and retain these workers.
“We’re working hard to recruit and retain healthcare workers and other skilled tradespeople. We simply can’t afford to have that work impacted by a lack of available housing,” said Colton LeBlanc, acting Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “This added investment will help to quickly get more housing into communities where supply is limited.”
The areas that need the homes the most range from the South Shore, to Antigonish, Guysborough, Cumberland and Colchester to Inverness
Quick Facts:
— in January, the Province announced 65 continuing care assistants from Kenya received conditional job offers to come to Nova Scotia
— Nova Scotia recently launched a new orientation program that will help welcome and settle 140 doctors trained outside of Canada over the next three years
— a marketing campaign to attract skilled trades workers from other parts of Canada to Nova Scotia was recently completed; phase two is focusing on Alberta and Ontario
The first units are expected to be delivered this summer.
