Advocates say a lack of adequate supports is driving rampant evictions in Sask.
CBC
Larissa Sellers, a single mother of three, was evicted from her Regina apartment on Nov. 9.
The 35-year-old is now staying with family, with her kids split between relatives, and is struggling to find an affordable place to live.
"I'm getting down to the point where I have to decide whether I'm going to buy groceries this month or pay rent. It's getting really bad," she said.
"There were times I didn't pay rent on time, or was out of town for work and didn't have cell service to make the payments."
Sellers is just one of may people who have been evicted in Saskatchewan this year.
The Office of Residential Tenancies (ORT), which holds possession hearings between landlords and tenants on evictions, said that from April 1 to Aug. 31, it received 2,093 applications from landlords looking to evict tenants. ORT said 48 per cent of those, or 996, resulted in an eviction being granted.
Sellers said she earns a little more than $3,000 a month after taxes, with $1,300 of that going to rent in her previous place.
"I have three growing teenagers and we were going through $200 worth of groceries every single week. It adds up to $800 to $1,000 a month," she said.
"We are in survival mode."
Sellers was staying in a basement suite, but said it was heavily flooded in the spring, causing mould.
"There were also tiny cockroaches which when I Googled were called oriental cockroaches that usually come from broken sump pumps and floods," she said.
The ORT was involved in her eviction.
"I was out of town doing a mandatory part of my job during the hearing and I couldn't represent myself, but did send my daughter to see if it could be adjourned," she said.
"We ended up getting evicted."
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