Debate goes long on Saskatoon Housing Accelerator Fund

WATCH: Saskatoon is debating how to increase housing in the city. Mackenzie Mazankowski said some waited in hours in council chambers Thursday to share their opinion.A Saskatoon public hearing Thursday for the Housing Accelerator Fund dove into the evening and continued again Friday with residents weighing in on the federal funding aimed at increasing housing supply.

This discussion spurred a record number of people looking to speak to the matter Thursday, with folks on either side of the fence. “I went to one of the information sessions at the fieldhouse on behalf of the group to gather information.” She said it would be much more comfortable to tweak the requirements to how we want it, but noted that it says a lot that we haven’t been able to make the required changes on our own.She said the demand for housing in Saskatoon won’t be relieved anytime soon, that we aren’t building enough to meet that growth and that Bank of Canada interest rate cuts will only spur more demand and will not result in housing prices going down.

She said the people within Saskatoon that require this quick action aren’t the ones who are speaking at council. Lesley Anderson, director of planning and development with the city clarified that as-of-right is just another way of saying its a permitted use in the zoning district. Fran Forsberg, another resident, urged city council to go listen to stories from Saskatoon’s homeless community.

Anderson said if they hold off on making a decision and do more community engagement they can share with more community members what changes are on the table, but will not be able to change what is on the table.

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