Disability housing under construction but requires funding for staff

March 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / accessible, Apartment, Disability, disabled, handicapped, Housing, Living, Nova Scotia, Options.

[ad_1] A developer has begun creating a four-unit co-housing apartment for people with physical disabilities that they want to see used as a pilot project but before it can become a reality provincial funding to staff it is needed. Jeremy Keefe reports. [ad_2] Source link

‘It’s a sad situation’: Developer creating shared housing for the physical disabled – Halifax

March 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / accessible, Apartment, Canada, Disability, disabled, Halifax, handicapped, Health, Housing, Living, Nova Scotia, Options., Politics

[ad_1] A development company in Halifax says fixing the housing problem young adults with physical disabilities are experiencing is “very simple,” and is prepared to show the province exactly what they mean. EcoGreen Homes has an office on Gottingen Street near Cornwallis Street, just a few steps from one of their already underway construction projects. […]

City of Winnipeg pilot project could lift time limit on handicapped parking – Winnipeg

January 16, 2019 / by BBG Security / City of Winnipeg, Disabled Parking, Downtown, downtown parking, Exchange parking, handicapped parking, News, no time limit, On Street Parking, parking restrictions, parking time limit waived, people with disabilities, the exchange district, Winnipeg Parking

[ad_1] The City of Winnipeg is looking at a new plan that would make downtown parking for people with disabilities a little easier. The Winnipeg Parking Authority has recommended a pilot project that would allow people with valid handicap parking permits to stay in certain on-street paid parking spaces beyond time restrictions. The Executive Police Committee […]