By Tim Ross In the National Observer Much public conversation is rightly focused on housing supply and how building more homes will help address the housing affordability crisis. This is unlikely to be true for everyone, especially those with low and moderate incomes and/or those who are part of equity-seeking communities. The nearly one in […]
We have the chance to guarantee the human right to housing – rather than a real-life game of Monopoly. We must take it By Leilani Farha The Guardian Two years ago, when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, I had a strange sense of optimism. I wondered if this crisis might be one of opportunity, rather […]
Danielle Da Silva Winnipeg Free Press May 26, 2022 Without hesitation and with the speed of a seasoned marksman, Randall Wolak took aim as a roach scuttled down the elevator door jamb at the Manitoba Housing high-rise where he has lived for nearly a decade. The 68 year old, who is on a wait list […]
By Danielle Da Silva, Winnipeg Free Press, April 14, 2022 A new Manitoba tax credit targeting renters and low-income earners is being met with skepticism by advocates who argue the Progressive Conservative budget does not go far enough to tackle poverty. Read more here
Kirsten Bernas and Codi Guenther Published in the Winnipeg Free Press, April 6, 2022 A NEW report issued by the National Housing Council reveals that most of the investments in new rental housing under the federal government’s much anticipated National Housing Strategy are not going toward those with the greatest need for public housing. In […]
By Sam Bowman The Guardian January 17, 2022 If you could wave a magic wand and fix one modern ill, what would it be? Inequality? Pollution? Intergenerational unfairness? The decline of the high street? Suburban ennui? What if you didn’t have to pick, because there was one social problem that lay at the root of […]
By Jordan Press Canadian Press January 21, 2022 The federal government finished the week by touting the popularity of a program designed to quickly build or buy affordable housing for the nation’s most vulnerable – one piece of a larger home-price puzzle. The program first launched at the start of the pandemic when cities were […]
The province is doing public consultations to help plan the upcoming budget. There are a variety of ways you can participate – online survey, email, telephone town halls. The deadline for input is Jan. 31, 2022. Find out more info https://engagemb.ca/budget-2022 Let the province know that we need more social housing that is rent-geared-to-income! To read […]
On January 11, 2022 The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, alongside the Honourable Rochelle Squires, Manitoba’s Minister of Families, and Brian Bowman, Mayor of Winnipeg, announced more than $12.7 million to create an estimated 59 new affordable homes for individuals and families in Winnipeg through the Cities Stream under the expanded Rapid […]
The City of Winnipeg has released its draft Poverty Reduction Strategy that will be considered by the Executive Policy Committee on November 17, 2021. The strategy includes the housing goal “The City Actively Plans for and Partners in Affordable Housing”. The Implementation Plan for Fall 2021 – Spring 2023 includes 5 housing actions.