landlords

NDP Leader Carla Beck says if her party forms government, it would introduce a number of policies to help those grappling with the cost of housing. Beck is promising new rules on how much landlords can increase rents per year while giving landlords some protection against late or missed rental payments from social service clients. […]

Companies that already offer ways to allow rent payments to count toward credit scores are welcoming the plan by the federal government to make the practice more widespread. Andrew Graham, chief executive of Borrowell, said Thursday he was encouraged by the government’s commitment.  “We’ve been saying for a couple of years now, how important it […]

It was in October that Jennifer Fuller moved in with her partner. Shortly after moving in, they were told they had to move out as their landlord had defaulted on their mortgage. With Fuller in attendance, the Offical Opposition called on the Sask. Party to address the province’s country-leading mortgage default rate, four times higher than […]

The provincial government plans to begin evictions and eviction hearings for non-emergent issues next week by lifting the moratorium on non-urgent evictions. On Monday, Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili called on the government to extend the eviction moratorium originally set on March 26 until at least the end August 31. This comes as Saskatchewan deals with a spike […]