Category: Campaign Update
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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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Winnipeg Free Press coverage of R2H housing forum
The Right to Housing Coalition hosted a community forum on February 18th to discuss the current state of and solutions for affordable…
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MB Dept of Families issues 12 month action plan
On January 17, 2020 Families Department Minister released a 12 month action plan that outlines 10 priority areas including housing.
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Manitoba’s social housing plans follow failed examples says R2H
Read Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon’s article regarding the sale and transfer of social housing units by Manitoba Housing. Kirsten Bernas is the…
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Sale of Manitoba Housing Units – CBC report
CBC Manitoba news report indicates the Province has sold off 94 Manitoba Housing properties since 2016. Read here
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Manitoba Housing transferring management of 1000 housing units – CBC report
CBC Manitoba reports that Manitoba Housing, the provincial agency responsible for Manitoba’s stock of subsidized housing, wants to transfer day-to-day management of 1,000 housing…
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Right to Housing OP Ed on federal housing money for Manitobans
The Right to Housing Coalition is concerned that millions in federal dollars that could make its way to Manitoba is sitting on…
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Call for a legislated right to housing in Canada
In Ottawa on Tuesday, August 14th the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness joined fellow advocates to release an open letter urging the…
