R2H recommendations for 2023 City Budget
The Chair of the City Working Group of the Right to Housing Coalition has written the Mayor and Executive Policy Committee members regarding recommendations for the 2023 Budget. Budget 2023 Letter
Government dragging feet on homelessness
By: Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon From Winnipeg Free Press: Saturday, Mar. 11, 2023 THE Manitoba government released its Homelessness Strategy on Feb. 28. The primary questions being asked by social housing advocates are: what took you so long, and what’s the long-term plan? As noted in the strategy, tackling homelessness requires multiple interventions and […]
Province announces Homelessness Strategy for Manitoba
Family Services Minister Rochelle Squires announces a new strategy for addressing homelessness in Manitoba that includes funding for 700 units of social housing this year through a combination of construction and rent supplement agreements. Read strategy here. News release
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada Brief on the 2023 Federal Budget
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada’s 2023 Federal Budget submission makes four key recommendations: Launch the Co-operative Housing Development Program. Announced in 2022, this is the first dedicated federal program to support new co-op housing development in more than 30 years. It is time to launch this program to begin creating new co-op housing across […]
2023 Provincial Budget Submission of the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association
Throughout 2022, the Government of Manitoba held multi-sectoral consultations on its commitments to strategically reduce and end homelessness and advance a strategy for seniors to stay safe in their own homes and communities. The Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA) has been pleased to participate in these consultations, and heard from its members, stakeholders, and others […]
Manitoba Liberal Plan to End Homelessness
Today The Manitoba Liberal Party released its four part plan to end homelessness in Manitoba Its four pillars include: Same Day Housing Ending Homelessness in Manitoba is an act of Reconciliatio3. A Supportive Path Towards Independence Finding Home: Create a Dashboard of Available Support. Read the report here
Rally at Lion’s Place
On Thursday, January 19th a rally took place outside of Lion’s Place in Winnipeg where residents are concerned about the impending sale of the seniors non-profit housing complex. At the rally Shauna MacKinnon of the Right to Housing Coalition criticized the Manitoba government for allowing the sale of one of the largest non-profit residential buildings in […]
Financialization of housing must be confronted
by Tom Simms Winnipeg Free Press January 12, 2023 Government housing policy preferences are based on values, the most fundamental being the extent to which housing is viewed as a right, or as a commodity. From a rights value base, housing is a social good — a home and place of safety to build one’s […]
Right to Housing recommendations for upcoming City Budget
Yutaka Dirks, Chair of the City Working Group of the Right to Housing Coalition; has written to Mayor Gillingham and the current Council members regarding the investment needed by the City in its upcoming budget to address the housing and homelessness crisis. Budget Letter
The Co-op Housing Advantage
Today, a new report comparing housing charges (rents) in co-op housing with rents in similar private market rental buildings shows that rent trends in non-profit co-op housing differs dramatically from that of the private rental sector, where rents have increased nationally by 11 percent in the last year alone. The report found that housing charges […]