Nova Scotia indexes assistance rates to cost of living saltwire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from saltwire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.
A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.
A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.
After homeless man dies in Halifax encampment, lawyer keeps up fight for benefits theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.
An Amherst, N.S., man moved into a trailer on a friend's property while he searched for a new place to live. Then the province cut his income assistance payment to $380 per month, saying he is only eligible for "essentials."
Experts say governments are not only providing an inadequate amount of affordable and accessible housing units for people with disabilities, but they're failing their broader duties of ensuring sufficient support in the community.
Despite more than a year of high inflation, the Progressive Conservative government kept welfare rates at 2021 levels in its March budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year.