The news seems to be flying at us faster all the time. A shuttered motel and Saskatoon's hidden housing crisis.Homeless people sleeping rough in Saskatoon as social housing units sit empty.More people sleeping on the streets of Saskatoon: community support program.Saskatoon fire department announces effort to house homeless people as winter approaches.'Everybody sees the truth': Reform sought amid rising homelessness.Tribal chief says Saskatoon can do better than tent city, plans new project.Saskatoon Tribal Council finds site for temporary winter wellness centre, pending city approval.вЂњYou first need a roof over your head before you can start addressing some of the other issues that people are trying to focus More On This Topic There are other factors contributing to homelessness, such as addictions, Usisken added. Quint is calling for permanent supportive housing for people who are considered вЂњhard to house.вЂќ Photo by Matt Smith / Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to media outside of 145 First Avenue North, a site the STC hopes to turn into a temporary shelter over the cold winter months. We are going to promote wellness here, but in the meantime, we have to follow some steps,вЂќ Tribal Chief Mark Arcand said at a Dec. The STC, hoping to prevent the formation of a large encampment like ReginaвЂ™s Camp Marjorie, made plans to create an emergency shelter space for at least 50 people, where they could also be connected with services and more permanent housing and employment. The effort includes Saskatoon Tribal CouncilвЂ™s SawГЄyihtotГўn outreach team, the Saskatoon Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP), the Salvation Army and city police. In November, the Saskatoon fire department created an operations centre to find emergency housing for people sleeping outside. While on patrol, they found more people sleeping rough and it was harder to find shelter for them, since programs were operating at reduced capacity due to the pandemic.Д¬ommunity-based organizations said they saw a marked rise in evictions and homelessness, and called for changes to SIS throughout the fall months.

SaskatoonвЂ™s Community Support Officer program sounded the alarm this summer about the rising number of people experiencing homelessness. HeвЂ™s now waiting to be approved for the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability program, which is expected to take up to four months, Usisken added. That came after hours of staff advocating for him to the ministry. So far, only one tenant is now back on direct payment, but as a single person, he doesnвЂ™t receive enough to cover rent let alone utilities, Usisken said. вЂњWhile the majority of clients have been successful in managing their money and paying their own bills, we recognize that some clients with high needs require additional support, and weвЂ™re providing it,вЂќ Carr said in a prepared statement at the time.

The provincial government in November announced it would start providing direct shelter benefits to вЂњhigh needs SIS clients with complex challenges who are at risk of homelessness.вЂќ The Saskatchewan Landlord Association said its members found that 30 per cent of SIS clients were in rent arrears in September and October, and another 12 per cent were in partial arrears. If a client has vulnerabilities, such as mental illness, addictions or an acquired brain injury that affects their ability to manage a budget, the rent may go unpaid. 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 itвЂ™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.ДЇirst, 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. вЂњNow the weatherвЂ™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.вЂќ This isnвЂ™t unique to Quint, but makes the buildings less safe for tenants, said executive director Len Usisken.

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