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By Aaron Schulze

Nipawin reaches agreement with SHA for doctor duplex leases

May 16, 2019 | 1:39 PM

A formal agreement between the Town of Nipawin and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) regarding physician duplexes has been reached.

Nipawin council signed to a five-year lease agreement with the SHA to house physicians and other kinds of health care professionals in a building on SHA land.

Mayor Rennie Harper told northeastNOW the duplex on SHA property was a joint project made years ago, where the town owned the house, but the SHA – formally known as the health region at the time – owned the land.

“There was a lack of housing for those folks some years back,” Harper said. “The town, some partners, and the region at the time got into a partnership to build a duplex so that you would have some ongoing housing for physicians. It was situated on the SHA’s property and there was never a formal agreement struck in relation to that, despite the fact that 10 years had gone by. We were able to achieve that and I’m very happy to say that.”

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The SHA will rent both sides of the duplex to health professionals, cover all annual operating costs, and provide a monthly amount for eventual capital improvements.

The Town of Nipawin will pay $1 per year during the land lease agreement.

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