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Nova Scotia building new public housing in Liverpool
Liverpool is getting new public housing in the next 12 months, the Nova Scotia government announced Wednesday.
The building will be modular housing, divided into eight separate residences.
John Lohr, Nova Scotia’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, said in a news release Wednesday that it’s part of 26 new modular housing units being built in the next 12 months in Shelburne, Digby, Wedgeport and Liverpool.
Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman said in an interview Wednesday that she’s happy to see the province is building more public housing in Liverpool.
“I think it’s excellent. It is desperately needed throughout the entire province, so, pleased to see that the province is now looking at (the) western (end of the province).”
Norman said provincial officials told her on Tuesday that 77 people are currently waiting for public housing in the Liverpool area.