December 4, 2019
CBC News
New Brunswick
Vanessa Blanch
‘I’ve never felt shame like this in my life’: 500 homeless, 5,000 await affordable housing
When New Brunswick signed a $299.2 million agreement with Ottawa under the National Housing Strategy, many hoped there would soon be affordable apartments for at least some of the 500 people across the province who are homeless.
However, more than eight months into the first year of that 10-year agreement, there hasn’t been an influx of new units, nor a flurry of plans to start building them.