“This is great,” she said. She said: “We are very grateful and will always be grateful to all those involved, no matter how much help they provide.”

Tatamagouche is a village about 50 kilometers north of Truro with a population of about 2,000. In May, after the owner sold it, she, her husband Quincy and their four children were forced to move out of the rental house. Since they couldn’t find a home, they moved into a motel in June. They have been living in her mother’s tent this month while their home is under construction.

“Tatamagouche is an amazing community. The community around it is always very supportive and helpful, but I never expected something on such a large scale to happen,” she said.

Haydn lived in Tatamagush for most of his life. Her family of six had rented a house for three years, but in February, the owner sold it.

Since the first sale of their rented house in February, the family has been looking for new affordable housing, but it turns out that they have four children, two dogs and a cat, making it difficult to find.

“We are kind of looking for a suitable place,” Haydn said.

Without any housing, they moved into a motel in June. During their stay, they decided to spend the rest of the summer in a tent on the property of Heighton’s mother.

“When the word spreads in the community, the community won’t own it,” Jimmie LeFresne, a member of the local Odd Fellows, told CBC Radio that he is a group dedicated to personal and social development. Information Morning News Nova Scotia on Wednesday.

“It is inappropriate for two parents and four children to live in a tent,” he said.

LeFresne said that in the Tatamagouche area, rental units need to wait about two years, and the houses will be sold as soon as they are on the market.

An example of NS housing crisis

Haydn’s experience is just one example Nova Scotia’s far-reaching housing crisis.

A recent study completed by the Halifax-based Turner Lake Consulting found that 53 people in Colchester County, north-central Nova Scotia, reported that they were homeless for a month this spring. Returnable.This is a ratio of one in a thousand, which is higher than The homelessness rate of the Halifax region city government.

So when LeFresne heard about Heightons, the Odd Fellows group and the community quickly came up with a plan.

“Well, let’s build a house. Let’s see how quickly we can build a house and what we can do for this family to keep them in the community,” he said.

As a last resort, the family had purchased a small piece of land, so the project was able to start at the end of June.

LeFresne said that local companies, contractors and volunteers provided materials and labor to build the house. The community also set up a GoFundMe for the family, which has raised $1,300 as of Friday.

Tatamagouche Home Hardware also provides a payment plan for Heightons so they can pay for materials at an affordable price.

LeFresne said the house is small, about 800 square feet. It will have four bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen and living room.

“It’s very basic, but it needs to be done in this case,” he said.

One month later, the house was almost finished. The family is still setting up a tent, but they hope to move into a new home in a few weeks.

“It definitely makes rainy and muddy days in the tent easier because we know there are some very wonderful things waiting for us,” Haydn said.

“There are many people who don’t know where they are going…so we are really grateful and lucky, we know we will be fine,” she said.

“We will have a safe and warm place that can be called our own place.”