N.S. NDP leader becomes housing critic, says government doing nothing to solve crisis

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Opposition leader has taken on the role of housing critic to draw attention to the province’s housing crisis and what she says is the provincial government’s lack of interest in a top-of-mind problem.

NDP Leader Claudia Chender told a news conference Tuesday that since Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston became premier in 2021, apartment rentals have turned unaffordable across the province.