Lower than half of the 200 self-contained shelters Nova Scotia purchased a 12 months in the past for unhoused individuals are open to residents.
As of at the moment, the province says 80 of the insulated, 70-square-foot fibreglass shelters made by the U.S. firm Pallet are prepared to be used.
When Nova Scotia first introduced the Pallet shelter villages on Oct. 11, 2023, the division mentioned susceptible residents would profit from them that winter, together with different helps.
A spokesperson with the Division of Group Companies says 80 models erected in Halifax and Kentville, N.S., are both occupied or being moved into quickly.
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Work to arrange the remaining 120 shelters continues, with 85 of them destined for the Halifax area and 35 for the group of Whitney Pier in Cape Breton.
Nova Scotia spent $3 million final winter to arrange an emergency shelter within the multi-purpose centre of the Halifax Discussion board with capability for as much as 100 beds, and in August the federal government introduced it might spend $5.4 million to cowl working prices of the shelter till August 2025.
There are nearly 530 shelter beds throughout the province, with about 400 of them within the Halifax Regional Municipality.
In the meantime, the Reasonably priced Housing Affiliation of Nova Scotia is reporting that as of final Wednesday, 1,287 folks within the Halifax Regional Municipality reported they have been homeless.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 1, 2024.
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