Quint Development Corporation – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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"Although our five communities face many challenges, we feel that a community economic development approach has the potential to build healthier communities - where people regain some measure of control over their day-to-day lives and where human and local needs take precedence over distant and corporate needs.“

From the website of Quint Development Corporation, Saskatoon

Quint was developed in 1995 by five of Saskatoon’s poorest neighborhoods to address a need for decent low-income housing and to address the problem of under-maintained absentee-owned housing. The Neighborhood Home Ownership program (NHOP) enables low-income families to achieve affordable and stable homeownership within housing co-operatives in the five core neighbourhoods.
One of Quint’s current projects is to work with housing Co-operative members over the coming months to make affordable energy efficiency upgrades available. Pleasant Hill Place is a safe and healthy housing alternative for student mothers and their families. It operates as a co-operative housing program for five student parents, all with young children, who are completing high school. Quint also runs a Young Men’s Home or Youth Lodge which serves as a transitional residence for homeless male youth 16-22 years old and two affordable rental apartment buildings that include common spaces, opportunities to connect with community, common gardens, access to computers, and a daycare on site. (Source: website of Quint Development Corporation)

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