Housing Minister Bernadette Smith has announced that 19 Manitoba Housing properties with 35 units that were recommended to be sold under the former Progressive Conservative government, have been temporarily taken off the market. Right to Housing Coalition provincial chair Kirsten Bernas applauded the NDP government for backing down on selling the units, at least in […]
On Thursday, October 5th people across Canada called on Prime Minister Trudeau and the Canadian government to take action to solve the housing and homelessness crisis by funding social housing. In Winnipeg, people gathered outside MP Dan Vandal’s constituency office, an event organized by Right to Housing Coalition. Lindsey McBain, Coordinator of the Coalition talked […]
A CBC investigation has found that Manitoba’s public housing system is in a state of neglect with thousands of units sitting vacant and thousands more people waiting in line – 3 part series Housing in Ruins 5000 affordable units lost, 10,000 on the line as non-profits lose subsidies Province sold more social housing units to […]
Read CCPA Manitoba Office Fast Facts on the state of housing for seniors written by Lynne Fernandez and Erika Wiebe, co-chairs of the Right to Housing Seniors Working Group. The Working Group’s three demands to deal with the current housing crisis have been sent to provincial parties as part of the Coalition’s provincial election campaign.
Thursday, October 5th 12-12:30 pm MP Dan Vandal’s Constituency Office 213 St Mary’s Road Bring a sign in support of social housing! Canada is in crisis: tens of thousands of people are homeless and hundreds of thousands are struggling to afford rising rents. In Winnipeg, over 1,200 people are experiencing homelessness and almost 1 in […]
The Right to Housing coalition sent a questionnaire to political parties running in the 2023 Manitoba election asking them to commit to implementing the 5 pillars of its social housing action plan for Manitoba. Here is a summary of the responses: Green Party The Green Party said they “support all 5 of (the) action pillars […]
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 consultation. The Coalition is calling on all political parties in the 2023 provincial election to commit to implementing a social housing action plan that features the five key pillars in the plan. […]
As Canada’s housing crisis worsens, a group of housing sector organizations – non-profit and for-profit housing providers, developers and investors – have put forward a plan to restore affordability, protect Canada’s most vulnerable, and build at least two million new affordable and market rental units by 2030. The National Housing Accord’s recommendations points provide the blueprint for […]
Kirsten Bernas, Chair of the Coalition’s Provincial Working Group says provincial government plans to spend $67 million to support Manitoba Housing repair projects is a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed. Read CBC article here. Government news release here