The Government of Saskatchewan says it is expanding legislation aimed at nuisance properties.

The provincial government said it is making amendments to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act, which will give the SCAN Unit – which is responsible for enforcing the act – new powers to address nuisance properties. The changes will allow the unit to apply to the courts for a forfeiture order or an order to demolish a property deemed unfit for human habitation which negatively affects the safety or economic well being of the surrounding community.

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