SaltWire Network | Posted: 1 hour ago | Updated: 1 hour ago | 2 Min ReadSYDNEY, N.S. — Two Cape Breton organizations are expressing disappointment with the Cape Breton Regional Municipality this morning after learning that council is returning $5 million in funding for affordable housing to the federal government.
According to the New Dawn press release, the CBRM issued a Request for Expressions of Interest in January to which New Dawn and three other community organizations responded. In the five minute public meeting Director of Planning Michael Ruus recommended that council approve a joint proposal from New Dawn and the Ally Centre to build 20 units of affordable harm reduction housing, that council provide additional funds from their RHI allotment to increase the number of units from 20 to 24, and that the motion include text that would absolve CBRM of any future liability or responsibility for the operations of the housing.