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Jan 21
"Two shelter village sites with 85 new single units open in HRM"
Read about how AHANS supports the Reaching Home Program through the by-name-list system! (Source: Francis Campbell, PNI Atlantic News)


Oct 7, 2024
"New Affordable Housing in Dartmouth"
Read about our True North II development, courtesy of the Government of Nova Scotia.


Jul 31, 2024
"Federal government announces $30M for affordable housing in Nova Scotia"
Read about how AHANS uses the Affordable Housing Fund to advance new projects! Source: Jeremy Hull, CTV News

Jul 9, 2024
"Commerce alum helping Nova Scotians find a home"
Read a Dalhousie University profile on our executive, Michael Kabalen and how he arrived at AHANS!


Jun 13, 2024
"New affordable housing to be built on Shaw Ave. in Yarmouth"
Read about AHANS' new project in Yarmouth! Source: Kevin Northup, Acadia Broadcasting


Sep 21, 2021
September 21, 2020 - Today's federal funding announcement is a step in the right direction
The Speech from the Throne is this Wednesday. Telegraphing government priorities we may expect in the speech, today the Federal...

Dec 6, 2018
Homeless Memorial Service
Please join us in remembering and honouring those who have lost their lives while experiencing homelessness and poverty. December 20th,...

Nov 28, 2018
The 2018 Halifax Shelter Use Report is Now Available
Now available in the Policy, Research and Development section of our website, this report summarizes the use of emergency homeless...

Nov 28, 2018
Everyone Counts: Halifax Point in Time Count Data Report Now Available
A report and analysis of Halifax 2018 Point in Time Count homelessness data is now available. This report highlights survey results from...

Oct 19, 2018
Dartmouth - Assessment of street involved population using an evidence-based framework
WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE STREET INVOLVED POPULATION IN DARTMOUTH? DOES DARTMOUTH NEED A SHELTER/CRISIS CENTRE? This research has been...

Oct 4, 2018
Street Assessment of Dartmouth Street Involved Population
An evidence-based framework was developed and an assessment of Dartmouth street population was conducted in 2018. The project was...

Jul 11, 2018
Everyone Counts: Report on the 2018 Halifax Point in Time Count
This report highlights survey results from the visibly homeless population, predominantly engaging with the formal shelter system in the...
Jun 4, 2018
New Publication Released: "The lights? Don’t worry about the lights. It’s way too late for that."
A new document has been added to the Research, Policy and Development page on our website. The report examines the results of multiple...

May 30, 2018
The lights? Don’t worry about the lights. It’s way too late for that.
“What’s the housing situation for non-elderly single person households who reside in the communities served by our Rural Advisory Board...

Apr 25, 2018
Halifax Shelter Use Report 2018
This report summarizes the use of emergency homeless shelters in Halifax. The first section contains an overview of the shelter system,...

Mar 1, 2018
Precarious Housing and Homelessness Across Our Rural Communities
An initiative of local housing coalitions and stakeholders. Shelburne - Yarmouth - Digby - Annapolis - Kings - West Hants REPORT PREPARED...

Jan 10, 2018
What to Make of Housing Poverty in Halifax
by Grant Wanzel To readers, we recommend that this paper be read as a whole and for what it is: a broad but sincere effort to identify...
Jan 5, 2018
New Reports! Halifax Housing Trilogy
Through our trio of studies, Juniper Littlefield, Adriane Salah, and Grant Wanzel have hoped to deepen our understanding of housing...

Nov 15, 2017
Halifax Housing Trilogy
Through a trio of studies, we have hoped to deepen our understanding of housing poverty in Halifax. What does it mean to be ‘at risk’: as...

Nov 1, 2017
What to Make of Housing Poverty in Halifax
This Report presents an alternative critique to the conventional wisdoms around homelessness and housing poverty. It argues that CMHC’s...
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