This Sask. town is offering $30,000 to people who build a home in the community

The town of Moosomin in eastern Saskatchewan plans to double its population by offering $30,000 cheques to those building a home in the community.

The town of Moosomin in eastern Saskatchewan plans to double its population by offering $30,000 cheques to those building a home in the community.

Town Coun. Murray Gray said Moosomin has a diverse economy and has seen an uptick in construction in recent years and now they are looking to add more homes for new workers coming in.

“A cheque will be cut from the Town directly to the builder, so hopefully that will attract some developers or people just building their own home,” he said.

Gray says the money will be provided when the occupancy permit is released by a building inspector.

The money that will be used belongs to the Town of Moosomin but was initially provided through the federal government’s housing accelerator fund. 

“We have got a collaboration between the RM and a community builder’s alliance and the town, we got together and put an application in for that and they see the same need we do so it worked well,” Gray said.

Gray said safeguards for the plan were already in place through the federal government, so they did not feel they needed to add any additional layers of protection.