Winnipeg, July 29, 2014 – The governments of Canada and Manitoba today announced the joint investment of an additional $104 million over five years to help create more affordable housing for individuals and families across the province. The funding will be delivered through an extension to the Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) agreement. Information on […]
The Province of Manitoba introduced details on Manitoba’s Rent Assist program, a new financial benefit available to both social assistance and other low-income Manitobans. Rent Assist will replace the current EIA shelter allowance and RentAid programs. The government has committed that rates will increase over a four-year period to 75% of Median Market Rent for […]
Winnipeg’s Community Task Force to End Homelessness has released The Plan To End Homelessness in Winnipeg. One of the focus areas of the plan is to increase the supply and availability of housing to combat Winnipeg’s low vacancy rate, including the ultimate creation of 7500 affordable housing units.
The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s Community Builder Award was presented to Clark Brownlee, Coordinator of the Right to Housing Coalition, at the awards luncheon on May 1st as part of the CHRA National Congress held in Edmonton, Alberta. 2014 CHRA Awards of Recognition
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has released its April 2014 Rental Market Report. Click here to see Manitoba Highlights. The Winnipeg Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) recorded an apartment vacancy rate of 2 per cent in April 2014 compared to 1.9 per cent in the previous year.
The Manitoba Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives launched its Alternative Municipal Budget Winnipeg 2014 on April 29th at the Winnipeg Public Library. 2014 is an election year in Winnipeg and this Alternative Municipal Budget is meant to stimulate discussion around some of the important concerns facing our city including affordable housing.
The Mental Health Commission of Canada has released the final results of the At Home/Chez Soi research demonstration project, which examined Housing First as a means of ending homelessness for people living with mental illness in Canada. The project followed more than 2,000 participants for two years, and was the world’s largest trial of Housing First, […]
Our Coalition presented its brief to the Winnipeg Housing Steering Committee Meeting on April 14th about the proposed Housing Implementation Plan for the City. The Steering Committee approved that the Implementation Plan be sent to the Executive Policy Committee, the next step in the approval process. Links to the Implementation Plan and the Coalition’s brief […]
Right to Housing has written Premier Selinger applauding the $20 million that has been committed in the 2014 budget to poverty reduction through the New Rent Assist program. The March 24th letter can be read in the link below. Budget 2014
Article written by Clark Brownlee, Coordinator of the Right to Housing Coalition, that appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on February 18, 2014 regarding the need for a national housing strategy. Before We Shelve the Report.