The Nova Scotia government says 51 two- and three-bedroom modular homes for about 170 low-income seniors, individuals and families will be move-in ready by the fall.

On Thursday, Development and Growth Minister Colton LeBlanc toured an eight-plex building that will soon welcome 24 residents in Digby, N.S.

"It's going to be a special moment for folks who are on the waitlist that need to find a place to call home, when they can walk into this place and have a roof over their head," LeBlanc told CBC…