SASKATOON In a matter of two weeks, an idea about a teepee and open-pit fires serving the community as an outdoor shelter went from dream to reality for a Saskatoon group. “We’re hoping we can help everybody that needs it,” said Daina Kary, organizer and member of the Saskatoon Community Caring Camp. “I feel like the community has really come together and made this a reality for us.” Borrowing the idea from a Winnipeg organization, a team of students from the First Nations University of Canada mobilized to fill the gap and provide homeless people a warm place to go when the city’s various warm-up shelters closed for the evening.
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The City of Saskatoon is considering expanding the tax breaks available to affordable housing developers to include “mixed-market” projects.
The incentive would also apply to four projects currently under construction that were previously denied access to tax abatements for a total of $203,734 in municipal and provincial taxes over five years.
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Lynne Lacroix, the city’s general manager of community services, said the change would bring the city into line with the National Affordable Housing Corp. (NAHC), which is prioritizing such developments.