As well, since 2019, there has been a ten-fold increase in emergency shelter use in areas beyond the Avalon Peninsula.
A new report calls for action to address the rural housing crisis. The study from Choices for Youth (CFY) and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL) looked at 11 communities across the province to better understand rural housing needs. The study found that, in eight of the communities, one-third of renters were living in unaffordable housing and that, since 2019, there has been a ten-fold increase in emergency shelter use in areas beyond the Avalon Peninsula.
Police investigate a suspicious fire at a NLPower substation near Port aux Basques
Two Deer Lake residents caught breeching court ordered conditions
Stranded cargo ship in Cedar Cove will soon be cut in half and hauled to shore
New Brunswick man caught in Flat Bay driving a stolen vehicle that smelled of cannabis
Stephenville woman arrested during a break in at a business in Carbonear
