Budget 2017 reduces funding available to house low-income Manitobans including the homeless, says the Right to Housing Coalition. Budget 2017 provides $150M less to the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation compared to last year’s budget. “We are concerned that this will increase homelessness and perpetuate the poverty experienced by the thousands of Manitobans who cannot […]
Read article in today’s Winnipeg Free Press written by Kirsten Bernas, Chair of the Provincial Working Group of the Right to Housing Coalition, on the need for a bold vision to address the need for more affordable housing as the Province brings down its budget on Tuesday, April 11th. Affordable housing needs bold vision – […]
In a recent article David Hulchanski, Professor, Housing and Community Development, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, writes: In a year when the high cost of housing dominates the headlines, this year’s federal budget is promoting a bright shiny object: the allocation of $11 billion for housing…But when you look closer, the money […]
Tyler Pearce, currently chair of the Right to Housing Coalition’s Federal Working Group, speaks out about the federal government’s commitment to affordable housing in the latest federal budget in an article in the Winnipeg Free Press on March 27th. Read article
Peg Report 29, March 23, 2017 – The percentage of Winnipeggers living in core housing need has been decreasing for the last twenty years, and is now lower than the national average and comparable to Canadian cities. This has all been happening as the cost of housing across Canada continues to climb, and while Winnipeg’s market […]
The Department of National Defence will spend up to $400,000 next year to demolish military houses along Kenaston Boulevard. To read Winnipeg Free Press article click here.
A new transitional housing project is anticipated to open its doors in May on Ellice Ave. in Winnipeg for 18 newcomers to Canada as they transition into permanent housing. Read more Refugee-claimant-housing-prepares-for-timely-launch-Winnipeg-Free-Press.pdf
Click here to read Réseau Québécois Des OSBL D’Habitation (RQOH) paper on the value of community housing with recommendations to the federal government as it considers its housing and anti-poverty strategies.
The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association applauded the announcements related to social and affordable housing announced by Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the 2017 Federal Budget. Click here to read more about measures contained in the budget.
The federal government launched national consultations to solicit the views of individual Canadians and housing organizations, experts and stakeholders on the vision, outcomes, themes and principles for a National Housing Strategy. This report highlights what was heard during the four-month consultation process. It includes input and analysis from an online survey, expert and stakeholder roundtables, focus […]