Many university students struggling with homelessness: study

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]About 32% of students in Nova Scotia were experiencing that hidden homelessness. As students head to class and meet up with friends, for some there's a reality few can see, homelessness.

[00:00:11]>> Couch surfing, sleeping in 24-hour student buildings, um staying in their cars, or just sleeping in very precarious housing situations where at any point their housing could be removed from them.

[00:00:22]>> The survey also shed light on the mental health cost of being homeless. They had to worry about school, they had to worry about where their next meal was coming from. A lot of the students, specifically at Nova Scotia, about 50% of students out east were accessing the food bank while experiencing their homelessness. Recently, I met a student who came to us came to my office hours and they said to me that they've spent uh two nights in the university. They didn't eat anything for four days.

[00:00:53]>> Students are encouraged to come forward as there are resources to help.