Governments Of Canada And Saskatchewan Support New Family Housing Project In Prince Albert

Released on June 6, 2019

• The Government of Canada, through CMHC, and the Government of Saskatchewan, through SHC, jointly contributed $465,000 to this project through the Canada-Saskatchewan Investment in Affordable Housing Agreement.
• The Government of Canada is currently rolling out its National Housing Strategy, 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.
• Thanks to new investments proposed in Budget 2019, Canada’s National Housing Strategy will be a 10-year, $55 billion plan that will give more Canadians a place to call home.
• This project supports the Saskatchewan’s Housing Strategy, Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan and the Disability Strategy.  These priorities include increasing housing supply, improving housing affordability and supporting individuals and families in greatest housing need.
• River Bank is a non-profit corporation operating in Prince Albert since 1998.  Their mandate is to promote social and economic development in Prince Albert’s low-income community.  Family supports, provided by service partners, include developing parenting skills, promoting healthy child development, mental health and addiction treatment services, referral to early learning and child care opportunities, social support, conflict resolution and problem solving.  These service providers refer families to other services in the community as required.

• 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, Instagram, 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 $790 million to develop or repair more than 16,000 housing units across our province.  To learn more, visit www.saskatchewan.ca.