N.S. was aiming for 500 hosts on the home-sharing program that resulted in 60 leases

But Opposition NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the government’s defence of Happipad “makes no sense at all.”

“Happipad was an absolute boondoggle and they need to take the loss frankly,” Chender said. “The reality is it was a waste of government money.”

In one of the emails released through freedom of information, a housing strategist for Nova Scotia confirmed the province’s target was 500 active hosts per year. The documents also included a proposal from Happipad that called for 500 homeowners actively hosting tenants by the end of the two-year program. That same number was repeated in the grant agreement signed by the province and Happipad.

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