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Presented to HRM Budget Committee, February 19, 2025 This request is to allocate $500,000 within the Affordable Housing Grant Program budget, once that budget is approved, to offset Regional Development Charges (RDC's) for new non-profit housing. Examples of How This Approach Can Help Support The Development of More Non-Profit
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Urban planners need to keep their accreditation up to date by committing to continuous professional learning, a process which can include things like attending planning conferences, online workshops, or undertaking self-directed volunteer planning-related work. This year, my professional learning commitment includes creating a non-market housing...
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Halifax Regional Municipality’s “growth pays for growth” policy was approved by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board in 2014, and since that time, Halifax Water has levied regional development charges (RDCs) on housing being built in fully-serviced and in partly-serviced areas of the
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It turns out that Halifax Regional Municipality does not have full water service running along busy Main Street in Dartmouth. Coming in from the west, the water line runs along the south side of the street, stops near the Shell Station, turns south towards Tacoma Drive; then it comes in from the east and it stops near the Esso Station at Hartlen...
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Memo To: HRM Staff, Housing Accelerator From: David Harrison, MCIP Date: January 19, 2024 cc: Affirmative Ventures, Akoma Holdings, Adsum House, Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, Old School House Gathering Society Suburban and Rural Councillors, Housing Nova Scotia and Darren Fisher, MP (Dartmouth-Cole
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