Province Increases Support Through the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit

The Saskatoon Rate Review Panel announced that it is not recommending approval of a 3.75% rate increase for 2027. The article notes that the panel did not support the proposed 2027 rate increase.

CUPE 5430 released new research showing Saskatchewan health care workers are the lowest paid in Canada across several classifications, after four years without a wage increase. The union calls for wage increases to recruit and retain workers, notes impacts of understaffing on patients, and states a strike vote is being prepared for September.

The article reports that Saskatchewan is increasing funding for housing support, highlighting a boost to housing benefit funding. It notes a $3.35 million investment in Regency Gardens renovations, made in partnership with the province and Canada’s National Housing Strategy Community Housing Initiative.

The Saskatchewan government offered to match up to one-third of eligible costs for three major regional projects—Saskatoon’s Downtown Event and Entertainment District (DEED), the Prince Albert Convention and Cultural Event Centre, and the Battlefords Arena and Event Centre in North Battleford—and urged Ottawa to approve them through the federal Build…

The article reports that changes to Saskatchewan’s disability income program (SAID) promise modest increases. Despite the government’s promise of these increases, SAID recipients and advocates say more support is needed.

The Government of Canada announced over $141 million in federal funding for six projects to expand high-speed Internet to more than 30,000 households in over 500 rural and remote communities across Saskatchewan, including Indigenous communities, through the Universal Broadband Fund. The initiative aims to help Saskatchewan reach universal high-speed…

The government stated that Saskatchewan has the most affordable rental rates in Canada, with an average monthly rent of $1,378, and that other provinces with rent control (British Columbia and Manitoba) have higher rents. It attributed affordability to increasing rental supply through measures like the Secondary Suite Incentive program and tax credits,…