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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 10h

Saskatoon does not have enough supportive, transitional, or affordable units available to house everyone currently living on our streets.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 10h

It's a violation of the enshrined right to adequate housing for municipalities to dismantle encampments if there is no better alternative for the residents to be moved into. If governments want fewer encampments, they need to create more housing.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Read more about evidence-based solutions here: quintsaskatoon.ca/did-you-see-...

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We all want healthier, safer, more vibrant communities. Let’s think bigger on how we get there! Learn more here: lnkd.in/giaSK9XB This project was made possible through Pattison’s Elevating Voices Diversity & Inclusion Media Grant.

Billboard that says "we don't have to live this way."

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Over 30 years later and symptoms and services are still being blamed for our social issues.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"Your pay has inched ahead, but the high cost of housing and food claws back every bit of progress. Dreams of building wealth over time have been replaced with anxiety about slipping further behind..." -Heather Scoffield, CEO of the Canadian Tax Observatory

Chart showing the wealthiest 20% of Canadians getting richer while the poorest 20% get poorer. With the text: "Canada’s wealth gap has reached record highs. In 2025, the wealthiest 20% of Canadians held 65.5% of Canada’s total net worth while the bottom 40% of Canadians held only 3%."

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

A wealth tax for people with net assets over $25 million (0.1% of Canadians) would collect $40 billion PER YEAR which could then be used to properly fund public services like healthcare and key sectors like housing. Thank you to @policyalternatives.ca for this reporting.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Experts and those with lived experience remind us that Indigenous homelessness is a reflection of ongoing colonial harm and willfully neglected treaty relationships.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There is no lack of passionate people or proven solutions but there IS a critical lack of accurate knowledge, fairly distributed resources, and political will.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We have more renters than ever before and our gov'ts aren't introducing proper regulations to protect them or investing enough in non-market housing. Leaving people to rely on private landlords and corps for their housing -- subjected to racism, classism, unsafe conditions, and unaffordable prices.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

On contentious issues like crime, immigration, and housing — regular citizens must be armed with the ability to separate fact from fiction.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Maytree just released a new report on poverty stating "if we want to make real progress on poverty, we must ensure that work pays enough to live with dignity and that income supports and employment regulations are designed to reflect the realities of the working poor." maytree.com/wp-content/u...

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

New tallies found at least 1,931 people are experiencing homelessness in Saskatoon this year — that's 432 more than 2024. So let's get our facts straight about this urgent issue 🤝

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Housing is the word on everyone's lips, but we are still creating only a fraction of the number of affordable housing units we used to. The difference is even more stark if you look back a few decades.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This month, the City of Saskatoon published the findings from their annual Civic Satisfaction and Performance survey. To us, these statistics are a reminder that we have the strength of numbers on our side.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The federal budget is out! Promising $1.5 billion for maintaining our current affordable housing stock, $2.8 billion for Indigenous housing, and $1 billion for transitional and supportive housing.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This fall, @bcpolicy.bsky.social published a new report on racial inequality in Canada's housing market.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Poverty isn't just a social issue; it's also an economic issue. Ending poverty will strengthen our communities and our economy.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

If you're struggling to afford daily necessities, you are not alone. The high concentration of wealth is not an individual failure; it's a policy failure.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The City of Saskatoon's 2025 Housing Report shared that these populations are most likely to live in housing that needs major repairs, costs more than they can afford, or is too small for the number of inhabitants.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Protecting children and youth means better meeting the needs of entire families and communities. The mission to end cycles of childhood trauma and abuse is interconnected with ending the cycles of poverty, problematic substance use, child removal, and homelessness.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

When workers are underpaid and housing is overpriced, someone is profiting. Our elected leaders are allowing corporations and the wealthy to profit off of raising the cost of necessities like food/housing and paying workers exploitatively low wages.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Through our employment program we speak to many people, primarily women and other gender minorities, who have dreams of further education or fulfilling employment but can only work limited hours in fields with low pay because they don't have access to childcare.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

In a recent op-ed, Canadian economists and housing experts call on the federal government to invest in more informed, collaborative solutions to the housing crisis. archive.ph/GzTnU #housing #canada #canpoli

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

You can read the full letter BC housing experts sent to the federal government here: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Among other countries that boast high GDPs and high standards of living, Canada has fallen far behind in social housing. According to CMHC, only 13% of our social housing stock was constructed by governments within the past 30 years.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention 💸

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is a great resource for people to get help with voting and for service providers to have on hand. Thank you to @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for taking the time to create this ❤️ To distribute physical copies in your community or workplace, access the PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ioJM...

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A bit of info about the work Quint does with our two social enterprises, Build Up Saskatoon and Saskatoon Wellbeing Employment Enterprise Program (SWEEP) 🚧

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Last week, a few of our staff members headed to Winnipeg for the Construction Social Enterprise Summit! Thank you to BUILD Winnipeg for bringing us together to share our experiences, explore new approaches, and dream big for the future.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We must urge our federal government to address the critical lack of social, supportive, and affordable housing options in our country.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We all have a responsibility to vote and advocate with the most vulnerable among us in mind. We also invite you to consider your responsibilities as a community member, neighbour, or friend. How can you reduce material barriers for single individuals or single parent families around you?

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Last year it was a 3% increase, this year it’s even lower. What is the purpose of a social assistance program that doesn’t keep up with the rising cost of rent and essentials? A $20/month increase will not address this illogical gap.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Canadian economy isn’t built to benefit all. Our political leaders have enabled decades of worsening economic inequality and they have the power to stop it. Thank you to @c4tf.bsky.social for compiling this data.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This January, 80 new community members registered with our Core Neighbourhoods at Work program to get one-on-one employment support. More and more each year, we're finding that they need wraparound support instead.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

One of our longtime Build Up Saskatoon crew members, Warren, recently shared his personal story with CBC Saskatchewan to give them an idea of exactly what it takes to keep someone housed and employed. You can listen to the full episode at this link: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Inclusion Canada estimates that 73% of Canadians with an intellectual disability (who aren't living with family) live in poverty. The Canadian Human Rights Commission also reports that 1 in every 25 people with a disability experiences homelessness, compared to 1 in 100 for people w/o disabilities.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We need more social housing and nonprofit affordable housing. The priority should be keeping people housed, not profiting off of housing. #housing #homelessness #saskatchewan #canada #saskatoon #skpoli

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This month, the City of Saskatoon published the results from their annual resident survey. To us, they are a reminder that most people are united in their concern for our communities. The difficult step is getting more people on board with proven, just solutions to our shared crises 💭

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

In 2025, if you want to provide nonprofit affordable housing, you also have to provide advocacy and system navigation. The social safety net is dangerously thin and too many people are falling through the gaps. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Most one-bedroom apartments in Saskatoon's lowest-income neighbourhoods are more than $850/month (utilities not included). People on Saskatchewan Income Support can't afford even the low-end of market-rate rentals and all of our social housing and nonprofit affordable housing is full.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

In the 1970s, non-market housing represented 25% of all new construction. Since then, government funding has declined to the point where non-market housing represents under 6% of Canada’s total existing housing stock, while market housing represents 95%.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

There is power in the people! We just need to get together to use it 🤝 #housing #canada #tenantrights

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"As long as we encourage using housing as an investment opportunity, rents will continue to climb." Thank you @ricochetmedia.bsky.social. Significant policy changes are needed if we truly want increased affordability in Canadian housing. #skpoli #housing #saskatoon

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Communities with better resources and more pathways to fulfillment have less criminal activity. Vandalism, vehicle break-ins, gang violence etc. are symptoms of larger social issues.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Who benefits from the “housing crisis?” Private corporations + wealthier individuals use housing as an investment opportunity, funnelling $$ away from regular people who are increasingly priced out of renting a suitable home, let alone owning one.

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Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

One of the longterm tenants in our Affordable Housing Program, Joan Okemow, was featured in an article about grandmothers raising multiple generations of their family. We see this everywhere in our communities.

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