John White

John White prioritizes funding for community housing and rent supplements, arguing investments in community-owned affordable housing deliver more value than the underutilized rent-rehabilitation program. He is winding down backyard-suite funding as that program nears its target.

John White says housing affordability is slipping away for 20- and 30-year-olds and supports restoring access to home ownership by introducing a First-time Homebuyers Program that lowers the down payment requirement and guarantees participating mortgages.

John White prioritizes government spending to make homeownership affordable for first-time buyers by reducing required down payments, acting as a mortgage guarantor, and implementing a pilot program—fulfilling a campaign promise to ease down-payment burdens amid a challenging rental market.

John White says high rents in Nova Scotia are driven by supply shortages and supports stimulating more housing construction. He says his government has increased housing starts and will announce further measures to increase supply, which he believes will lower rents.

John White supports provincial funding ($775,000 over three years) for the Cape Breton Business Innovation Centre to create jobs by helping local youth and entrepreneurs turn Cape Bretoners' creativity and ingenuity into new businesses and employment opportunities.

John White says he wants to maintain a 'suite of programs to continue to make progress,' calls the Community Housing Acquisition Fund 'extremely successful,' and hopes the spring budget will include funding to extend it past March 2026, though he cannot yet guarantee that.

John White prioritizes cost-effective, fast delivery of public housing by using shovel-ready sites and partnering with Build Nova Scotia; he supports any construction approach—stick framing or modular—that provides the best value for the province.