Category: Campaign Update
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Renters: Eviction bans in England and Wales are extended
Eviction bans in England and Wales have been extended, following a similar move in Scotland on Thursday. The move will mean eviction…
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New York Bans Most Evictions as Tenants Struggle to Pay Rent
The Legislature, addressing hardship caused by the pandemic, convened an unusual special session between Christmas and New Year’s to pass the measure.…
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‘Serious crisis’: Poverty advocate calls for province to enact eviction ban
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba-based poverty advocate is calling on the provincial government to reinstate a ban on evictions. Read full CTV story…
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Rent hike creates tenant turmoil
“Above-guideline increases ‘silent driver’ of housing affordability crisis”
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Wait list soars for Manitoba Housing units — and so do the vacancies
“While 9,000 people are waiting, there are 1,700 units empty, housing advocate says.”
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Social assistance recipients fear clawback over CERB
Manitobans who collected emergency federal pandemic payments on top of provincial social assistance are scrambling to try to stop their benefits from…
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Advocates scramble as pandemic eviction moratorium ends
“The full-time Housing First worker at West Central Women’s Resource Centre in Winnipeg has been busy in the lead up to Oct.…
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Winnipeg Housing Needs Assessment released
The Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development, Heritage and Downtown Development will receive a 236-page report by the University of Winnipeg’s…
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Housing Stability Crucial During COVID-19 Crisis
In a recent article in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sarah Cooper and Shauna MacKinnon, both members of the Right to Housing Coalition,…
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Call for tenant protection during public health crisis
Today The Right to Housing Coalition and Make Poverty History called on the Province of Manitoba to ensure no tenant is evicted…
