{"id":10285,"date":"2025-01-14T10:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:44:45","slug":"eighty-five-new-transitional-housing-units-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/eighty-five-new-transitional-housing-units-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighty-Five New Transitional Housing Units Now Open."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eighty-five new transitional housing units for people experiencing homelessness are now open in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShelter villages offer a safe place to call home for Nova Scotians who are navigating some of life\u2019s most difficult challenges,\u201d said Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and Social Development. \u201cThey are a stepping stone toward stability, opportunity and belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shelter village located off Bancroft Lane near Burnside Industrial Park has 45 single-occupancy units, while the other, near Thomas Raddall Drive in Halifax, has 40. Both shelter villages opened last week with resident intake ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are operated by the Atlantic Community Shelters Society, which manages the site and co-ordinates on-site wraparound services and supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each unit includes a bed, desk and storage space for personal items, with access to a shared building with washroom and shower facilities. Shared laundry facilities and a full kitchen will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"5429\" src=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nova-scotia-28550_1280-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nova-scotia-28550_1280-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nova-scotia-28550_1280-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nova-scotia-28550_1280-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/nova-scotia-28550_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents are selected through referrals from outreach teams in HRM and the HRM By-Name List of people experiencing homelessness, maintained by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia now has six shelter villages in locations across the province. Nine new supportive and transitional housing options, including these shelter villages, have opened in HRM since June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAtlantic Community Shelters Society is dedicated to developing long-term solutions for individuals experiencing housing insecurity. These shelter villages do more than provide a place to live \u2013 they foster stability, restore dignity and help individuals reconnect with their community. Through a compassionate and sustainable approach to addressing homelessness, we are contributing to a stronger and more inclusive province for everyone.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Joe Rudderham, Executive Director, Atlantic Community Shelters Society<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the government invested $7.5 million to purchase 200 shelter units and start-up and operational support from Pallet, a social enterprise dedicated to supporting people experiencing homelessness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in addition to shelter villages, there are now 538 shelter beds and more than 800 supportive housing units across the province<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>last year, 115 new transitional housing units for people experiencing homelessness in Kentville, Dartmouth, Lower Sackville and Sydney opened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bridge, an innovative transitional housing solution with integrated health services in Dartmouth, provides space for up to 200 Nova Scotians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Department is working to create 1,085 supportive housing units by 2027-28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Supports for people experiencing homelessness:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/supports-for-people-experiencing-homelessness\/\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/supports-for-people-experiencing-homelessness\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty-five new transitional housing units for people experiencing homelessness are now open in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). \u201cShelter villages offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10289,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions\/10289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}