Governments Of Canada And Saskatchewan Support New Rental Housing Project For Homelessness In Saskatoon

Released on October 22, 2018

• Located at 1106 Avenue W North in Saskatoon, Edwards Manor consists of 24 suites.  One serves as a resource room for support workers and tenants, and the remaining 23 units are for residents.
• The Government of Canada, through CMHC, and the Government of Saskatchewan, through SHC, jointly contributed $1.8 million toward the project under the Canada-Saskatchewan Investment in Affordable Housing Agreement (Social Infrastructure Fund).
• The City of Saskatoon provided $276,000 through its Innovative Housing Incentive program.
• Edwards Manor is owned by SNR, which works in partnership with Camponi Housing Corporation.  Together, they manage more than 400 units primarily for Métis and other Indigenous people.  Their Wrap Around Service (WAS) workers offer services to tenants such as counselling, employment readiness and addiction management.
• Tenant placements are, and will continue to be, a result of collaboration between SNR and Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre’s (SIMFC) Home Fire program.  Home Fire offers “housing first,” a recovery-oriented approach to ending homelessness.  People experiencing chronic and episodic homelessness are quickly moved into independent, permanent housing and provided with supports as requested.
• At Edwards Manor, WAS will collaborate with SIMFC’s Home Fire program to house the homeless, prevent evictions and improve quality of life.
• The Government of Canada is currently rolling out its National Housing Strategy (NHS)—an ambitious 10-year, $40 billion plan that will create 100,000 new housing units and lift 530,000 families out of housing need, as well as repair and renew more than 300,000 housing units and reduce chronic homelessness by 50 per cent.
• The NHS is built on strong partnerships between federal, provincial and territorial governments, and on continuous engagement with others, including municipalities, Indigenous governments and organizations, and the social and private sectors to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Canadians.
• This project supports the Government of Saskatchewan’s goals to increase the supply of supportive housing options for people who are “hard-to-house” or at risk of homelessness.

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• As Canada's authority on housing, CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers unbiased housing research and advice to all levels of Canadian government, consumers and the housing industry.  For more information, please visit www.cmhc.ca or follow us on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.  To find out more about the National Housing Strategy, visit www.placetocallhome.ca.
• In October 2012, the Government of Saskatchewan released the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth: Vision 2020 and Beyond, which sets out the government’s vision for a province of 1.2 million people by 2020.  The plan identifies principles, goals and actions to ensure Saskatchewan is capturing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of a growing province.  Since 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $780 million to develop or repair more than over 16,000 housing units across our province.  To learn more, visit www.saskatchewan.ca.