The province is putting more funding towards housing for post-secondary students. Eight million dollars will go towards maintaining student residences and to increase student housing.
“We have an urgent need for more housing options for students around the province and we continue to listen to our post-secondary partners and take action” said Brian Wong, Minister of Advanced Education. “Students are at the centre of everything we do, and this investment is part of our provincewide student strategy that will help ensure they have a comfortable and safe place to live and study now and in the future.
The government will also allocate five million dollars to the Tartan Downs housing project in Sydney a mixed-use development that will include student housing.
The Atlantic School of Technology will receive three million dollars to preserve and maintain student accommodations including making repairs to brickwork, adding new plumbing, and upgrading Wifi.
The provincial government will continue researching the development of a student housing strategy in the coming months.
