HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has ruled that tents legally count as accommodations and the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in them.
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal has ruled that tents legally count as accommodations and the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in them.
The ruling Wednesday by a panel of three judges overturned a Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision last year that found Bradley Lowe did not meet the eligibility requirements for enhanced income assistance because he lived in a tent.
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