SIS income benefits are still being paid to clients rather than directly to their landlords and the utility companies, Usisken noted. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Usisken noted SIS recipients are no longer eligible for the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit, which helps eligible renters cover the costs of rent and utilities. Another source, rentals.ca, says it’s $942. The average monthly rent for a one-bedroom unit in Saskatoon is around $700, according to a Canada Mortgage and Housing corporation survey. Another $285 is meant to cover other personal needs. The shelter benefit for a single person is $575. Usisken says it affected clients who receive social assistance in three main ways.įirst, the amount of the shelter allowance is well below the average rent in Saskatoon, which leaves clients with a monthly shortfall. Quint and other front-line organizations attribute the rise in evictions and homelessness in part to the transition of clients from the discontinued Saskatchewan Assistance Program to the Saskatchewan Income Support program. “Now the weather’s even colder, people are desperate to find warm places to sleep overnight and this is sort of an indirect impact of the growing homelessness issue.” This isn’t unique to Quint, but makes the buildings less safe for tenants, said executive director Len Usisken.
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