Housing & Homelessness
Home construction and supply platforms
Here's what the 2024 Nova Scotia election parties are promising.We don't have any PC policies on Home construction and supply.
Liberal
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Remove all restrictive covenants or exclusionary zoning that prevents housing from being built
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Set province-wide minimum zoning standards
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Update the municipal funding formula to incentivise housing starts
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Offer grants and low-cost loans to build new housing co-ops and expand existing ones
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Allow the Community Housing Acquisition Program to fund projects that add units to co-op projects or build new buildings
NDP
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Work with municipalities to identify land that can be committed to housing construction
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Work with municipalities to speed up and standardise planning and approval timelines
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Allow municipalities to levy a tax on vacant lots that are zoned for residential development, but where developers are delaying builds