Province will help 2,500 more N.B. households pay their rent

More households to receive help with rent

The Holt government is expanding a rent subsidy program to help 2,500 more low-income households keep a roof over their heads.

Province will help 2,500 more N.B. households pay their rent

The New Brunswick government will spend $21.1 million to support 2,500 additional households struggling to pay for rental housing, Premier Susan Holt announced Tuesday in Saint John.

Government of New Brunswick - Funding for rental benefit increased by $21 million, supporting additional 2,500 households

The government has increased funding for the direct-to-tenant rental benefit by more than $21 million to help make housing more affordable and accessible for an additional 2,500 households per year.. . .

Organizations raise concerns on lack of rent supplements

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer At the end of last year, the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development reported 4,843 children and youth “in care.” These are children 19 and younger whose “custody is with the ministry or with a Delegated Aboriginal Agency.” Of this number, about 68% of youth were Indigenous. According to their website, the ministry’s focus is to aid BC youth in relationships with their families, communities, and cu…