The provincial government is offering a $3 per hour wage top-up for workers who provide services to vulnerable residents and who earn less than $18 per hour.

The first phase of a project to build micro-homes for people currently experiencing homelessness in Fredericton is receiving support from the Department of Social Development.

More low-income, working families now have access to the Canada-New Brunswick Housing Benefit program, which provides short-term funding to help make ends meet.