Community stream in Nova Scotia
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- Canada-Nova Scotia Administrative Agreement
- How the Community stream works in Nova Scotia
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The Build Communities Strong Fund (BCSF) Community stream provides up-front, predictable long-term funding to help address local infrastructure priorities. The agreements were renewed for a 10-year period, starting in 2024-25. Over the first five years, the Community stream will invest over $318.8 million in the province of Nova Scotia to support community growth.
Information for previous years is available at Canada's open portal: Build Communities Strong Fund Community stream Municipal Allocations.
Housing priorities
The Community stream will enable increased housing supply through the following shared housing action priorities, agreed to by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada and the Government of Nova Scotia for 2024-25 to 2026-27:
- Work across all orders of government to leverage public lands to meet housing needs. This should include a strategy to leverage more provincial and municipal lands to meet housing needs, and an approach that supports and aligns with the federal government’s upcoming Public Lands for Homes Plan; and,
- Support a scale-up of nonmarket and community housing by investing to grow, sustain and strengthen capacity in the sector to ensure long-term affordability. This will include continued investment in capacity building, planning & pre-development, and research & innovation projects (through the Community Housing Growth Fund), support for the newly founded Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association, and providing fixed-rate loans to help finance acquisition of low-end-of market rental properties (through the Community Housing Acquisition Program).
Canada-Nova Scotia Administrative Agreement
The renewal of this agreement ensures that essential infrastructure that supports housing will continue to be built, maintained, and expanded in Nova Scotia.
How the Community stream works in Nova Scotia
- Number of communities currently receiving funding: 49
- Funding breakdown:
- 25% is allocated on a per capita basis;
- 25% is allocated based on the number of dwelling units; and
- 50% of the five-year rolling average of standard expenditures of a municipality.
- Contact information: This Program is managed by the Department of Municipal Affairs and can be reached via e-mail at ccbf@novascotia.ca.
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