A former seniors home near Salisbury has been renovated into a transitional housing residence with support from a $250,000 contribution from the province.
8 residents already set up to move in, non-profit says
Victoria Walton · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 29, 2026 6:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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The former seniors home on Homestead Road near Salisbury will open this spring as a transitional, supportive housing project. (Victoria Walton/CBC)
Just outside the Town of Salisbury, a large residence has been sitting unused for a few years.
The 12-bedroom home on Homestead Road in the southeastern New Brunswick community originally opened in 2010 as a seniors home and then became a rooming house. But, as of recently, it’s been purchased by the non-profit group Alternative Residences for use as a transitional housing project.
“Through multiple owners as a rooming house, it actually fell into a bit of a disrepair and we were able to fix it up and get it exactly where it is today … It’s a great looking facility,” said Al Pendergast, executive director of the group.
The renovations were done with help from a $250,000 government contribution through the New Brunswick Housing Corporation,
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