Sipekne'katik to receive $2.7M for 20 affordable housing units

Posted: May 13, 2021 3:20 PM AT | Last Updated: May 13
Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois (top left); Ahmed Hussen, federal minister of families, children and social development (top right); and Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack (bottom) held a video conference Thursday to discuss funding for a new housing project.(Rob Short/CBC)
Ottawa has announced $2.73 million to build affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness in one of the largest Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia.
The 20-unit project in the Sipekne'katik First Nation will be constructed through the federal rapid housing initiative, with half of the units targeted to women and children.
"This 20 that will go into our community, we're very grateful and we're happy to have," Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack said Thursday in a video conference.

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