Documents
Evaluating the Quality and Effectiveness of Minimum Housing Standards in Nova Scotia
How effective are current minimum housing standards in municipal units across Nova Scotia in achieving the outcomes intended? What are the opportunities to improve the standards and living conditions for residents?
These are some of the questions addressed in this research report recently completed by Nikolas Wensing, a Master’s of Planning student from Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture and Planning.
Evaluating Minimum Housing Standards in NS
Housing Alternatives: What Could Work Here?
We’ve been curious what housing alternatives could our communities support? We did some digging and have pulled some options together that we believe could work. Check them out, here:
2018 Housing alternatives for Lunenburg County FInal_2
Lunenburg and Queens Counties
Households, Housing and Income: Census Highlights 2006-2016
SSHAC is pleased to share our Census Highlights report about households, housing and income in Lunenburg and Queens Counties. The report (available as a combined report, or as individual reports) looks at Census data from 2006, 2011, and 2016 to help support our understanding of housing related issues in our communities.
Households, Income and Housing 2016
Town of Lunenburg 2016 Profile
Affordable Housing On Nova Scotia’s South Shore: A Policy Toolkit for Lunenburg and Queens
The South Shore Housing Action Coalition is pleased to share this resource, prepared for us by Ross Grant, a Master of Planning student from Dalhousie’s School of Planning and Architecture.
The report builds on previous work on best practices by SSHAC and provides an over view of the regulatory framework of affordable housing in Canada, Nova Scotia and the municipalities representing Lunenburg and Queens counties.
Affordable Housing On Nova Scotia’s South Shore: A Policy Toolkit for Lunenburg and Queens
BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS
In 2014 SSHAC reviewed best practices related to supporting affordable housing in small towns and rural municipalities. The document below provides a quick overview of the options and opportunities available. If you would like to learn more about any or all of these, please contact us at sshousingaction@gmail.com.
SSHAC HANDBOOK
SSHAC Handbook provides information about our history, areas of focus, group structure, activities, a glossary of terms and other relevant information about the South Shore Housing Action Coalition
HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES: THE NUMBERS
Housing in our communities provides a snapshot of housing in Lunenburg and Queen’s counties, with profiles for each of our municipal units. This document is a collection of some of the available housing data for our communities.
SSHAC BROCHURE
Housing Links:
Housing Nova Scotia
Clean Foundation
Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia
Housing Trust of Nova Scotia
Affordable Antigonish Updates
Smoke Free Housing Nova Scotia
