After a decade-long push to build two apartment buildings with affordable units in north-end Halifax, a non-profit group has cut its vision in half in order to keep it alive. In 2011, the housing trust demolished existing buildings at those sites. The development agreement with the city was due to expire last June, but the housing trust applied for and was granted an extension. Costs have balloonedThe housing trust first developed its plans for the apartment buildings in the early 2010s. He pointed to recent changes adopted by Halifax regional council to waive some permitting fees for affordable housing developments as one example, and to the province's new affordable housing commission as another.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 09:56 UTC