Quint Development

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

1976:
Average home price in Canada : $263,000.
Average wage for Canadians ages 25-34: $68,500.

2024 update:
Average home price in Canada : $690,000.
Average wage for Canadians ages 25-34: $67,200.

Check data for your province or city: www.gensqueeze.ca/straddling_t... #cdnpoli

Economic Liberation: A Gender-Based Case for Basic Income | Perspectives Journal Gender-based violence traps hundreds of thousands of Canadian women in dangerous situations and economic precarity. A Basic Income Guarantee could transform our response from crisis management to prev...

We cannot end gender-based violence without confronting the ways in which our economic systems allow it to continue. While unaffordability skyrockets, more vulnerable people stay in violent situations because freedom is financially impossible. perspectivesjournal.ca/economic-lib...

Low-income families in Canada have less disposable income than ever - CCPA Canadian households spent an average of $76,750 on goods and services in 2023, a substantial increase of 14.3 per cent over 2021. This boost in spending was largely driven by the surge in inflation (u...

In Canada, low to modest income families spend 94.6% of their wages on immediate needs. Whereas, the highest income Canadians spend only 55.7% of their income on immediate needs. To learn more about what can be done to address economic inequality, read the full @policyalternatives.ca article below.

YouTube video by Participatory Economy Project A Participatory Economy: a post-capitalist model

There are viable alternatives to capitalism. Cooperative and participatory economics emphasize democratic decision-making, self-management, and social ownership for the common good. The profit motive is left behind in favor of a society where wealth is shared and no one is left behind.

A wealthy country like Canada should be making dramatic investments in non-market housing to ensure that all our citizens have a better quality of life.

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.

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

Non-profit housing is an economic no-brainer - Spacing Toronto Canada is acting quickly to reposition our trade economy to become more resilient, diverse and self-reliant. We need a similar re-calibration of Canada’s housing system to address our deepening afford...

This is a great read if you are looking to gain insight on what our federal leaders could be doing to promote social and affordable housing and halt the housing crisis 🏠

spacing.ca/toronto/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...

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

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.

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

From watching your neighbour's baby while they hand out resumes to doing routine check-ins/resource connections for an elderly person living alone, there are many creative ways to ease the burden for singles in our communities. Single shouldn't mean alone.

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?

Here in Saskatoon, the impacts of worsening income inequality have reached most corners of our city.

We'd like to hear from our community. What do you think of the 2% increase?

You don’t have to rely on these programs or work with low income communities to see that the status quo is failing our communities. The fact is that Saskatchewan’s social assistance programs are not sufficiently addressing poverty.

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.

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.

Due to the gaps in our underfunded systems, our employment team often has to take on the roles of system navigator and advocate or find ways to cover the costs of job training etc. before they can begin to help someone actually pursue work.

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.

Thank you to the Julia Peterson and the StarPhoenix for taking the time to write this feature length piece on the successes and challenges of our Affordable Housing Program.

A home to come back to: Making room on the margins of Saskatoon housing In Saskatoon's core neighbourhood, eviction prevention is hard work — with life-changing results for tenants, families, and the community.

This article highlights personal stories from our tenants and outlines how Quint's affordable housing program has evolved as needs become more complex, systems of support weaken, and the lack of affordable housing becomes more dire.

thestarphoenix.com/feature/a-ho...

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...

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.

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

#housing #homelessness #skpoli #saskatoon #saskatchewan #canada

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 💭

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.

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