WHEREAS the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation has determined that there is a housing crisis/shortage in Canada.

WHEREAS municipalities across Canada have been encouraged to promote residential development through changes to policy and by accessing provincial/federal grant funding created to help solve the housing shortage.

WHEREAS individuals in rural Saskatchewan who receive all required permits for residential development from their municipalities are required to work with SaskPower and/or SaskEnergy to coordinate new service connections for their new homes.

WHEREAS the costs for these potential developers/homeowners to provide/install power and gas services to new rural residences in Saskatchewan is often cost prohibitive and detrimental to needed residential development.

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby SaskPower and SaskEnergy to subsidize or lower the costs for service connections to new rural residences until the housing crisis/shortage in Canada has been resolved.