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Saskatchewan town explains how housing incentive will bring in new residents [Video]

The Town of Moosomin has decided to provide a $30,000 housing incentive to any new builders in the community, and an additional $8,000 for every door after.

The incentive applies to anyone building a new apartment building, condo, or multi-family housing development. With a population sitting around the 2,700 mark – according to the 2021 census – the town is currently in the process of building a new water treatment plant to accommodate a growth of 4,600 people.

“We’ve been working relatively hard on growing the community with several different initiatives over the last few years,” explained Coun. Murray Gray.

“We’ve had some wins between paving the airport, adding the daycare, some other things within the community which has been good, but we haven’t been able to do any additions to our housing inventory so this makes sense that this is the next step.”

Builders will be paid the incentive …

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