$596M in Saskatchewan Housing units sitting vacant, NDP says

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$596M in Saskatchewan Housing units sitting vacant, NDP says

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Trillian Reynoldson Published September 12, 2023

(PHOTO: NDP housing critic Meara Conway speaks at a podium beside Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck in front of a Saskatchewan Housing Corporation unit on Rae street to discuss the current housing issue on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Regina. KAYLE NEIS / Regina Leader-Post PHOTO BY KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post)

According to the NDP, the government has quietly and dramatically cut Saskatchewan Housing Corporation supports over the past ten years, with many units sitting vacant during a “homelessness crisis.”

Meara Conway, Opposition housing critic, released new figures Tuesday, revealing $596 million in empty Sask. Housing units, and more than $194 million wasted on the empty units during what she calls an “affordable housing crisis.” . . .

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