Author: Nancy Testar
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Right to Housing op-ed on rent benefits
Read Kirsten Bernas’s article published in the Winnipeg Free Press about reliance on rent benefits in the private rental market to assist…
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Province suspends sale of 19 public housing properties
Housing Minister Bernadette Smith has announced that 19 Manitoba Housing properties with 35 units that were recommended to be sold under the…
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Housing in Ruins – CBC investigation on state of public housing in Manitoba
A CBC investigation has found that Manitoba’s public housing system is in a state of neglect with thousands of units sitting vacant…
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Fast Facts on Social Housing for Seniors
Read CCPA Manitoba Office Fast Facts on the state of housing for seniors written by Lynne Fernandez and Erika Wiebe, co-chairs of…
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Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba released
The Right to Housing Coalition has put forward A Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba that pulls together solutions based on decades of research and…
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$296M on Manitoba Housing upgrades since 2016 isn’t enough: Right to Housing Coalition
Kirsten Bernas, Chair of the Coalition’s Provincial Working Group says provincial government plans to spend $67 million to support Manitoba Housing repair…
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Manitoba Liberal Plan to End Homelessness
Today The Manitoba Liberal Party released its four part plan to end homelessness in Manitoba Its four pillars include: Same Day Housing…
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Winnipeg Street Census 2022
Findings from the 2022 Winnipeg Street Census have been released. Click here
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Winnipeg Free Press article on rent increases approved by Residential Tenancies Branch
Winnipeg Free Press headline “Housing advocates raise alarm as Residential Tenancies Branch allows landlords to raise rents an average of nine per cent…
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R2H speaks out about potential sale of Lions Place
Read op ed in Winnipeg Free Press by Gerald Brown, a resident at Lions Place and chairperson of the Lions Place Residents…
