Opposition members call on N.S. government to release housing strategy
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the government is ignoring the housing crisis and the fact that a growing number of people are struggling to afford their mortgage, find a place to live or keep the place they're living in.
Chender noted that the deputy housing minister recently said the province needs 70,000 new units in the next five years to meet demand.
"That is an unprecedented number," she said.
"And we are not seeing any indication that this government is taking that seriously."
The situation is particularly difficult for seniors who have sold their home to downsize, only to encounter a rental market that is becoming increasingly expensive and competitive, said Chender.
"This is a crisis. We cannot house the people that we have here in this province right now and we know we have so many more coming. The government needs to act immediately and transparently to tell us what they're going to do about it and instead it's more delay and more secrecy."
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