BILL NO. 411

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
2 Charles III, 2024

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Employment Support and Income Assistance Act
(amended)

 

Claudia Chender
Dartmouth South

First Reading: February 27, 2024

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill provides that assistance to persons in need may not be reduced on the basis of the person not living in owned or rented accommodation.

An Act to Amend Chapter 27
of the Acts of 2000,
the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act,
Respecting Equal Support for the Unhoused

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2000, the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 9 the following Section:

9A (1) Subject to subsection (2), assistance provided pursuant to this Act may not be reduced on the basis that the person who has applied for or received assistance is not living in an accommodation owned by the person, renting, boarding or otherwise paying for lodging.

(2) The money required for the purpose of subsection (1) must be paid out of money appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.

 

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