Author: Nancy Testar
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Rapid Housing Initiative gives funding to 3 new housing projects in Winnipeg
On January 11, 2022 The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, alongside the Honourable Rochelle Squires, Manitoba’s Minister…
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City of Winnipeg releases draft Poverty Reduction Strategy
The City of Winnipeg has released its draft Poverty Reduction Strategy that will be considered by the Executive Policy Committee on November…
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Winnipeg’s affordable housing effort understaffed/The Star
Read article by Sean Ledwich, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter for The Leaf regarding the housing staff shortage at the City of Winnipeg…
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End Homelessness Winnipeg releases 2021 Interim Street Census Community Report
End Homelessness Winnipeg releases the 2021 Interim Street Census Community Report offering a limited, time-specific glimpse of homelessness in Winnipeg with the…
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CCPA Report “Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement”
The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is a key…
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Affordable micro suite apartment building coming to Winnipeg’s Centennial area
A partnership between the Pollard family and all three levels of government will give people experiencing homelessness an affordable housing solution in Winnipeg’s…
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CBC Opinion article by Kirsten Bernas re importance of partnerships to assist homeless people
Read Kirsten Bernas’s article regarding a recent partnership with a homeless encampment, the Beer Can and the West Central Women’s Resource Centre…
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Province announces $5.6 million rent bank
The Manitoba government is providing $5.6 million to the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA) to deliver a rent bank program that will…
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Manitoba Housing cuts wait-list
Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced at a news conference today that the Manitoba Housing wait-list for affordable housing units is now half…
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Province announces $2.56 million for wrap around services for homeless
The Manitoba government is providing $2.56 million to the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA) for projects in Winnipeg over the next two…
