The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus announced their principles for the National Housing Strategy at the Toronto Housing Summit which brought together federal, provincial and municipal leaders and over 200 representatives of non-profit, co-operative and private sector organizations, as well as residents and housing experts.
The Federal Working Group of the Right to Housing Coalition has released its submission to the Federal Budget 2017 Consultation. Using data and trends from Manitoba, Right to Housing calls for a ten-year commitment of funding for RGI, social and affordable housing units, a commitment to rental construction tax policy that supports new builds in the […]
You are invited to share your thoughts about a National Housing Strategy with the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) as the Association develops a comprehensive response for the federal housing consultation process. The Association’s questionnaire can be found here.
On June 28, The Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development, announced the federal government’s consultation process on the development of a National Housing Strategy. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the federal, provincial, and territorial Housing Ministers meeting in Victoria. The consultation will take place in two phases. The […]
Read article in July 4th’s Winnipeg Free Press written by Tyler Pearce, Chairperson of the Coalition’s Federal Working Group regarding a national housing strategy. National housing strategy long overdue
A Housing 4 All rally was held at the Legislative Building on April 9th organized by the Right to Housing Coalition during the provincial election campaign. The Coalition has set a public policy goal of a minimum 300 net new rent-geared-to income units per year for the next five years. Representatives from the parties were invited […]
The Winnipeg Free Press has published an op-ed regarding housing policy written by Clark Brownlee and Laura Rempel of the Coalition. Entitled “Ask_them_about_Manitoba’s_Poorly_housed” the commentary highlights housing issues for low income Manitobans and political party responses to community concerns regarding low income housing heard during the provincial election campaign.
At a press conference on Parliament Hill on February 4th, CHRA and a coalition of six other housing sector leaders released a joint statement, Affordable housing: a foundation for social inclusion in anticipation of the federal budget. Sector leaders call on the government to include the following components in its upcoming federal budget: protect and […]
The Coalition has released its Annual Report outlining activities in 2015.
The Winnipeg Street Census was conducted in Winnipeg on October 25/26th. Almost 300 volunteers met with a huge variety of people living in emergency shelters, temporarily with friends and relatives, under bridges and at other temporary spaces. Here is the link for more information on the census and the final report. http://streetcensuswpg.ca/index.php/homelessness-in-winnipeg/