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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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