Health and Wellness Minister and MLA for Antigonish Michelle Thompson and Housing Minister John Lohr announced four more affordable housing projects on the way for HRM and Antigonish this morning.
The projects are under the Land for Housing Program.
The Province is providing the Antigonish Affordable Housing Society 0.59 hectares of provincially owned land on Appleseed Drive. They have proposed at least 14 affordable units, that would be an expansion of the group’s existing Appleseed Court housing community. They opened with 12 affordable units in early 2022.
A rendering of the proposed Appleseed project is at: https://news.novascotia.ca/photos/2023/06/19/antigonish-affordable-housing-society-proposal
As for HRM:
— Affirmative Ventures – six detached homes on 1.25 hectares on Karen Drive, Westphal (PID 40204133 in the Province’s land registry)
— One World Building Association – 32 townhouses on up to eight hectares on Hammonds Plains Road (a portion of PID 40090367), plus future development potential
— Spryfield Social Enterprise and Affordable Housing Society – 48 residential units and commercial space in a mixed-use building on up to four hectares on Herring Cove Road (a portion of PID 00649012), plus future development potential.
“The solution to the housing crisis is more homes,” said Minister Thompson. “The Province has unused land that may be suitable for housing. Making these parcels available for community housing projects is one of the ways we’re working to address housing supply challenges in Nova Scotia.”
The projects are currently in the early pre-development stage.
