Winnipeg Street Census 2022
Findings from the 2022 Winnipeg Street Census have been released. Click here
Winnipeg Free Press article on rent increases approved by Residential Tenancies Branch
Winnipeg Free Press headline “Housing advocates raise alarm as Residential Tenancies Branch allows landlords to raise rents an average of nine per cent this year” Read article here
Province must focus its homelessness strategy
By Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon This article was first published by the Winnipeg Free Press on Thursday October 20, 2022. The Oct. 7 Free Press editorial (“Make prudent use of sudden financial windfall”) described a far more optimistic financial situation than the Manitoba government previously projected. This, they say, provides the province with greater “fiscal flexibility” […]
R2H speaks out about potential sale of Lions Place
Read op ed in Winnipeg Free Press by Gerald Brown, a resident at Lions Place and chairperson of the Lions Place Residents Council Seniors Action Committee and Shauna MacKinnon, professor of urban and inner-city studies at the University of Winnipeg and a member of the Manitoba Right to Housing Coalition regarding the potential sale of […]
R2H Call to Action for Winnipeg City Election Candidates
The Right to Housing Coalition has released its call to action for municipal election candidates. This is a list of actions that City Council must take to begin to address the affordable housing crisis in Winnipeg. Our coalition wants all candidates to prioritize the creation of truly affordable housing and understand the tools our city […]
R2H response to recent increase to EIA rates
The Right to Housing Coalition along with Make Poverty History is responding to the recent announcement of an increase to the Basic Needs Benefit under the Province’s income assistance program (EIA) for Manitobans. While the increase is helpful, the additional $50 per month will bring EIA recipients’ income up to 47% of the poverty line. […]
Low-income Canadians are hit the hardest by rising inflation rates
Ronald D. Kneebone and Margarita Wilkins from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy released a report in July on the disproportionate impact that high inflation rates have on low-income individuals and families. Canadians who rely on social assistance face a major economic risk with high inflation threatening to cause them to endure a […]
Bold thinking created affordable housing
By Brent Bellamy June 13, 2022 Winnipeg Free Press IN the late 1940s, Canada’s post-war economy was booming, but corresponding global supplychain disruptions, scarcity of skilled labour and material shortages resulted in skyrocketing inflation. Competition for new housing drove the real-estate market to record highs, leaving lowand middle-income tenants experiencing severe housing need across the […]
Priced out: West Broadway tenants up in arms over prohibitive rent increase
By Ben Waldman Winnipeg Free Press June 13, 2022 Shortly after the hallways at a West Broadway apartment building got laminate flooring and a coat of grey paint, the tenants got a 14.3 per cent increase on their monthly rent. Residents of 149 Langside St., overseen by Onyx Property Management, say those upgrades were not […]
Right to buy put homes in the hands of landlords. Rehashing it will do the same
By Bob Kerslake The Guardian June 9, 2022 Among the slew of “red meat” policies that are now being put forward to shore up Boris Johnson’s position, there is one that ought to cause real concern for those want to see fair and balanced housing in this country. The government is proposing to resurrect right […]