Issues That Matter and Affordable Housing Coalition of Nova Scotia

Affordable Housing Coalition of Nova Scotia: Well, that not quite true. He does mention these things, but as preamble to his claim that council is finally beginning to tackle issues that matter to the people: Issues like housing, health, immigration and the arts, which were traditionally left to other levels of government, according to Metro News. In October 2013, in fact, the city partnered with the United Way, the Affordable Housing Coalition of Nova Scotia and private-sector developers to leverage resources with the goal of making a measurable change on housing and homelessness and When you ask Mayor Mike Savage what he takes the most pride in from his first two years on the job, he doesn t mention the two balanced budgets with no tax increases. Nor does he mention the $350-million debt at the time of amalgamation, now wrestled down to $260 million while the province has gone from a debt of $8 billion to $15 billion. Before councillors began budget deliberations after the last election, he recalls, they got together for a priority-setting session. He and others raised the issue of affordable housing. A number of councillors said, That not our mandate. You don t hear that so much any more. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.