No vacancy: with 130 family wait list, newly renovated units in high demand at PA housing
Prince Albert Housing has a zero per cent vacancy rate, said general manager David DeVos on Thursday, and that makes the official opening of 63 newly renovated units a welcome thing.
PAHA started work 2.5 years ago – thanks to a federal/provincial grant via the National Housing Strategy – on re-doing the entire Village Green complex on 2nd Street East.
“We have zero percent vacancy on the family housing. And the only units that we have available after this is full will be the units that we are turning over and we run about a 30 to 45 day turnover,” said DeVos. “So as soon as a unit’s ready, it’s allocated right away. So we have 0% available.”
Along with no vacancies, there are 130 families waiting to get a unit if they can, many hoping to move from northern Saskatchewan, although an increasing number are families new to Canada and making an arduous transition.