The Comfort Hotel near St. John's International Airport is being converted into a transitional housing facility, with 140 rooms dedicated to supporting homeless people.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has opened eight new affordable housing units in the Pleasantville area of St. John's, with plans to expand that to more than 40 units in the next two years.
Newfoundland and Labrador Opposition leader Tony Wakeham says the province's social housing numbers are trending in the wrong direction, and he's accusing the Liberal government of mismanagement.