The site is to include up to 12 one-bedroom units along with six townhouses suitable for families, with rent to be based on income.
Nova Scotia says health-care workers will be given priority to rent the units, followed by skilled trades professionals.
The province identified the South Shore as a region in acute need of housing for health-care workers, along with the communities of Sydney, Guysborough, Antigonish, Inverness, Colchester and Cumberland.Story continues below advertisement “We need more professionals for our health-care system and that means attracting people from across Canada and around the world to our province,” Health Minister Michelle Thompson said in a news release. “Having available housing in places outside Halifax Regional Municipality is key to attracting much-needed staff and keeping them here.”
Officials say the Lunenburg site is in the design phase and that contractors and other suppliers are still to be chosen.
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