Housing for health-care workers opens in Nova Scotia’s Guysborough County

The housing for healthcare workers complex in Guysborough has eight units and is close to amenities and the Guysborough Memorial Hospital. (Source: Province of Nova Scotia)

A housing complex for health-care workers officially opened in Nova Scotia’s Guysborough County Monday.

The building, which is fully occupied by health-care workers, has eight one or two-bedroom units, a news release from the province said.

Nova Scotia spent $2.3 million on the complex, which is located close to the Guysborough Memorial Hospital.

“Our healthcare professionals are committed and hard-working and I am thrilled to welcome them home to Guysborough,” said Greg Morrow, minister of Agriculture and MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie, on behalf of Colton LeBlanc, minister of Growth and Development. “Because of this housing that was specifically built for them, we’ve been able to fill critical healthcare positions and recruit new health professionals to our community who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to come. This is an exciting day for our community and for our healthcare facilities.”

The Housing Trust of Nova Scotia is overseeing the province’s housing for health care program. In addition to the project in Guysborough County, housing is planned for Lunenburg, Bridgewater, Port Hawkesbury, Canso, Liverpool and New Glasgow.

The province also acquired a six-unit affordable housing project in Boylston, in partnership with the Community First: Guysborough County Housing Association.

The Boylston site has five two-bedroom units and one one-bedroom unit ranging from $750 to $850 per month.

“This initiative, which addresses both affordability and housing supply for key workers, will have an ongoing impact in Guysborough, Canso and other communities across the province,” said Angela Bishop, executive director of the Housing Trust of Nova Scotia.

The province contributed $627,000 to the project through the Community Housing Acquisition Program and another $13,700 from the province’s Community Housing Growth Fund.

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