Province contributes land for Phase 2 of Antigonish Affordable Housing Society’s Appleseed Court

Jun 19, 2023 | Local News

The Antigonish Affordable Housing complex on Appleseed Drive is expanding.

Antigonish MLA Michelle Thompson

Antigonish MLA and Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson has announced the Nova Scotia Government is providing 0.59 hectares of provincially owned land to the Antigonish Affordable Housing Society.  The land would be used to develop up to 14 affordable housing units.

The society’s existing housing community, opened last year, has 12 affordable housing units. 

 

The incoming chair of the housing society’s Building Committee, Bruce Dow, expects the addition will be completed by the end of 2025.
Phase one of the Appleseed Drive complex, which opened last year, has 12 affordable units.

 

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