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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.
The province, the Disability Rights Coalition and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission have reached an interim settlement on a human rights remedy to end the discrimination against people with disabilities. A lawyer for the coalition says it's a watershed moment.
The Nova Scotia PC government tabled its 2023-2024 budget on Thursday. It included increases in social spending, but no increase to income assistance rates for the second year in a row.
News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia
News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia