More than 7,000 people waiting for public housing in N.S., but agency says vacancy rate improving

NDP Leader Claudia Chender, who attended the meeting, called the work inadequate to meet the demand.

"This government crows about the fact that they're going to someday, in the next decade, create 200 and change units when we have a 7,000-person waitlist," said Chender.

"I think that just shows the scope of the need that we have and how slowly, if at all, it's being met."