The Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development is offering his condolences on the passing of a man who was found in the snow near a shelter in Happy Valley-Goose Bay earlier this week.
RCMP say the man was found unresponsive near the Housing Hub on Hillcrest Road Tuesday morning.
John Abbott, who is also the minister responsible for Newfoundland and Labrador Housing, acknowledges many parts of the province are seeing housing challenges, some for the first time ever.
He says new and emerging challenges are being faced in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Abbott says they’re having “a lot of conversations” with the town and with Indigenous leadership about ensuring housing for a transient population coming into Happy Valley-Goose Bay from the coast, and long-term solutions for the community which needs both affordable housing and supported housing to meet the growing need.