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Legislature hears more complaints about Saskatchewan Income Support

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client Thursday to again call on the provincial government to change the social assistance program and increase its benefit rates.from the Saskatchewan Assistance Program last August,

He adds he recently received a notice of eviction at his Regina Housing Authority home and says both SIS and RHA practices are to blame.Story continues below advertisement For clients on welfare, however, this method is not used if that client is receiving more money for shelter through a social assistance program such as SIS or the former SAP program.

In the case of Francoeur, who receives a $975 benefit through SIS, this means his rent increased from $761 to $945 when he transitioned from SAP to SIS.He says there’s a difference, though, in that SIS clients are expected to pay for utilities out of their shelter benefit whereas SAP provided a specific $40 utilities benefit in addition to the shelter benefit. On top of that, power bills were paid for directly by social services.

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