联邦，省政府承诺数百万保留新斯科舍省合作社，非营利性住房

省和联邦政府花了数百万人试图在新斯科舍省维护合作社和非营利性住房。

政府在周一的新闻发布会上宣布了1300万美元的原谅贷款，分配50-50。

“This will help preserve a total of 145 community housing units in communities in Dartmouth, Wolfville, Sydney, Lower Sackville, and Halifax,” Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr said.

“接近” 500万美元用于合并两个小型合作社-Gimme Shelter，在悉尼有12个单位和新的Armdale Westside，并在Spryfield拥有26个单位，其中一个更大的Compass Nova Scotia合作住房有限公司。

哈利法克斯审查员readers will be familiar with New Armdale Westside, whichsold off half its portfolio to the private sector for a song in 2020，，，，with approval from the provincial government.

周一的宣布旨在确保不再发生。

指南针是合作社的合作社，也是加拿大合作住房联合会的成员。现在，它在全省拥有111个单位。

“We were at risk of losing them, basically,” Nikki Jamieson, a resident and board member with Compass, told reporters.

“By them joining this they have an opportunity to re enter a larger co-op that’s been proven to be successful.”

杰米森说，合作社她是2019年与Compass合并的一部分。

“I’ve been through this process and we were able to save those units. And as we know, maintaining and sustaining is just as important as investing in new.”

加拿大合作住房联合会执行董事蒂姆·罗斯（Tim Ross）指出，指南针也正在建造新的，包括哈利法克斯梅特兰街的57个单位建筑物。

其余资金分配如下：

• Evangeline法院住房合作有限公司，有27个单位在沃尔夫维尔获得$ 1,045,100
• Spanish Bay Housing Co-operative (part of Compass Nova Scotia Co-operative Housing Ltd.) with 18 units in Sydney is getting $2,458,100
• 新的起步住房合作社有限公司，在下萨克维尔的30个单位将获得$ 1,388,500
• 在哈利法克斯（Halifax）拥有13个单位的Needham Housing合作有限公司将获得$ 557,500

Another $2,558,600 is going to the Dartmouth Non-Profit Housing Society for what Dartmouth-Cole Harbour MP Darren Fisher called “substantial capital repairs” to 57 units.

费舍尔说：“这意味着有57个家庭将有一个更好，更安全的居住地。”

Lohr said the loans are forgivable over a 10-year period. That means if a co-op were to go private before the end of the term or sell, part of the loan would come due. After the 10 years, a co-op could theoretically sell.

Lohr说：“我不确定这是合作社的目标，我不确定这确实发生了。”

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