Pay the landlord, not the tenant? NDP pushes changes to income assistance

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Saskatoon's homeless encampment is no more, and the NDP are demanding the province take action to help those left with nowhere to go. It's proposing to reverse changes to income support which would see utilities and rent paid directly to landlords and providers. April ChiefCalf, Saskatchewan NDP's housing critic and a member of the Standing Committee on Human Services, joins the show to share what other changes the NDP wants to see happen when it comes to homelessness in the province.
13 Oct 10AM English Canada News Commentary
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