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What housing policies are drawing attention?

Locally, the policy drawing the most real attention is secondary suite legalization, since the City of Saskatoon's permit rules for a legal basement suite determine whether that space adds real value or close to none, a bigger practical impact on a homeowner than most single headline debate ever has.

Beyond suites, City of Saskatoon growth and infill policy is pushing more density into established neighbourhoods, and the Board of Revision appeal process gets more attention whenever a reassessment year lands, since that is when a homeowner's property tax bill actually changes, in a market currently benchmarked at $444,700.

Provincially, Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 notice requirements around rent increases and tenancy endings come up often for anyone holding a rental property, since that Act, not a citywide cap, is what actually governs a Saskatoon landlord's options.

None of these move the needle as fast as a policy fight in a bigger market's headlines, but they are the ones that actually change what a Saskatoon home is worth to hold or to sell. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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