Nova Scotia announces new public housing coming to Kentville

By CityNews Halifax Staff

According to Nova Scotia’s Housing Minister, the province is “making the largest investment in new public housing in three decades” with the latest region to benefit being in King’s County.

John Lohr says new public housing is coming to Kentville with construction to begin later this year.

The Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister says the new two-storey, 11-unit building will provide homes for up to 25 people with the first floor fully accessible.

The new housing units are part of the 222 units announced in September at a cost of nearly $59 million with other funds coming from federal sources.

Of those new units, 150 will be built in the Halifax area in Lower Sackville, at Ahern Manor on Gottingen Street and Uniacke Square.

The province says details of the other public housing sites will be announced in the coming days.

Lohr says the site of the new housing in Kentville will be at Hilltop Manor on Oakdene Avenue with construction to be completed in fall of 2025.