MLA says Nanaimo likely to wait ‘quite a while’ for next round of supportive housing funding
NANAIMO — As Nanaimo councillors hedge their bets on scoring money during the next round of provincial housing funding, the local NDP MLA says there are no guarantees.
Since the province pulled $7 million in funding for a supportive housing project in Chase River, several councillors tried to calm critics by pointing to a second round of cash on the way from the NDP government.
However, Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog told NanaimoNewsNOW he suspected round two would be delayed for “quite a while because there are other communities that are prepared and have the sites. Nanaimo apparently only had one.”
Krog said missing out on the funding was “bad news” for the community on several fronts.