Saskatoon residents see homelessness as a growing issue, and most are willing to pay more to address it, an annual city hall survey suggests.

The survey shows 35 per cent of respondents named homelessness the top issue, marking the third year in a row that the homeless crisis ranked first in the survey, but it’s up 12 percentage points from last year.

The top three issues remain the same as last year with all somewhat related to the crises of unhoused people and addiction. Crime/safety/policing was ranked as the top issue by 21 per cent of respondents, followed by housing at 11 per cent.

City hall contracted Forum Research Inc. to conduct the annual online survey of Saskatoon residents on various issues, values and perceptions.

Forum Research conducted the survey of 398 online paneli

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