REGINA — A delegation of concerned seniors called for action on the province’s “skyrocketing” cost of rent on Monday, Oct. 27.

One of those seniors calling for action was Regina’s Roger Derby, who has collected more than 60 signatures from neighbours in support of rent control. When Derby moved into his east-end Regina apartment in 2021, his rent was $2,495 a month. By February 2026, it will increase to $3,288, an increase of 31.8 per cent.

“I’m on a fixed income, and so are most of the people in my building. We didn’t earn enough back then to put into our pension to afford the rent increases of today,” said Derby.

As his rent has gone up, Derby says services have actually gone down, including food, bus services and building activities. He says when he first moved into his building, lan

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