A rally organized by Right to Housing and Make Poverty History to demand steps to end poverty in Manitoba’s 2015 Budget was held outside the Manitoba Legislative building on Thursday April 23, 2015. Two actions were demanded: * fully implement Rent Assist for people on Employment and Income Assistance * increase provincial housing […]
The Coalition has responded to a letter from The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development) that outlined the current federal government’s role in affordable housing. Letter from Candice Bergen Letter to Candice Bergen
Right to Housing and Make Poverty History Manitoba are organizing a rally at the steps of the Legislative Building at noon on Thursday, April 23rd to support expenditures in the upcoming provincial government to reduce poverty levels in Manitoba.
A new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report (October 2014) provides a blueprint for addressing the global affordable housing challenge. The report recommends four approaches that used in concert could reduce the cost of affordable housing by 20 to 50 percent and substantially narrow the affordable housing gap by 2025. These largely market-oriented solutions—lowering the cost […]
Published by the Housing Services Corporation, this guide provides a high-level overview of Canadian social and affordable housing, providing historical background and a snapshot of social housing administration by province/territory Click here to read the full report..
The Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg has released a best practices research report “Holding On!: Supporting Successful Tenancies for the Hard to House”. This report is a review of housing retention practices across Canada, with a model framework. The report assembles a preliminary examination of eviction prevention approaches used across Canada (also known […]
The Government of Canada, the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg today celebrated the official opening of WestEnd Commons, a 26-unit affordable housing community developed by St. Matthews Non Profit Housing Inc. The project includes four one-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom, five three-bedroom and two four-bedroom homes, over four levels with a central mezzanine […]
The Manitoba Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a revised report on Winnipeg and Manitoba Housing data.
Clark Brownlee, Coordinator of the Right to Housing Coalition, has outlined the work of the Coalition last year in its 2014 Annual Report released February 5, 2015. Advocacy work focused at the three levels of government is summarized. Fifty organizations officially support the Coalition’s efforts. Click below to read the report and visit Coalition’s website […]
Given that the policy landscape has changed since 2009, and that the province will be required by legislation to update its poverty reduction strategy in 2017, community advocates believe that now is the time to renew The View from Here 2009. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba and the Canadian Community Economic […]