Seniors at King Edward Place are dealing with witnessing open drug use, feces and blood in common areas, mattresses rented by the hour, and the security doors held shut with bungee cords. That’s according to the provincial NDP, which says in a news release that residents in the government housing building have seen people passed out in stairwells feces smeared on walls, and bed bugs and cockroaches in the building. One tenant is renting mattresses out by the hour.

NDP MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin, Nathaniel Teed, says seniors living in this apartment building on 25th Street East built our province and now they can’t live out their golden years in security and dignity. He is calling for the apartment building to be returned to its previous classification of being for individuals 55 and over or living with disabilities, stating that having people with complex needs in the building without the necessary supports doesn’t help anyone.

Last August, Teed raised the residents’ concerns with the Minister of Social Services and invited him to tour the building, but the NDP says he still hasn’t acted, even after a follow-up letter in March.

Click here for Teed’s letter – Letter to the Minister (King Edward Building)

This is the letter sent in March – Letter to Minister Jenson (King Edward Building)