General News of the Coalition – Meetings, Advance Notices, Upcoming Events, etc
On June 28, The Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development, announced the federal government’s consultation process on the development of a National Housing Strategy. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the federal, provincial, and territorial Housing Ministers meeting in Victoria. The consultation will take place in two phases. The […]
Read article in July 4th’s Winnipeg Free Press written by Tyler Pearce, Chairperson of the Coalition’s Federal Working Group regarding a national housing strategy. National housing strategy long overdue
A Housing 4 All rally was held at the Legislative Building on April 9th organized by the Right to Housing Coalition during the provincial election campaign. The Coalition has set a public policy goal of a minimum 300 net new rent-geared-to income units per year for the next five years. Representatives from the parties were invited […]
The Winnipeg Free Press has published an op-ed regarding housing policy written by Clark Brownlee and Laura Rempel of the Coalition. Entitled “Ask_them_about_Manitoba’s_Poorly_housed” the commentary highlights housing issues for low income Manitobans and political party responses to community concerns regarding low income housing heard during the provincial election campaign.
At a press conference on Parliament Hill on February 4th, CHRA and a coalition of six other housing sector leaders released a joint statement, Affordable housing: a foundation for social inclusion in anticipation of the federal budget. Sector leaders call on the government to include the following components in its upcoming federal budget: protect and […]
The Coalition has released its Annual Report outlining activities in 2015.
The Winnipeg Street Census was conducted in Winnipeg on October 25/26th. Almost 300 volunteers met with a huge variety of people living in emergency shelters, temporarily with friends and relatives, under bridges and at other temporary spaces. Here is the link for more information on the census and the final report. http://streetcensuswpg.ca/index.php/homelessness-in-winnipeg/
A new book launched in Winnipeg October 21st and edited by Josh Brandon and Jim Silver uses Winnipeg as an example to examine the circumstances of low-income people who are forced to live in poor housing. The book argues that the private, for-profit housing market does not and cannot meet the housing needs of low-income […]
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba Office, has released a report on core housing need in Canada. Authored by Sarah Cooper and Ian Skelton the report draws attention to the need for a reactivated social housing sector and contributes to the growing discussion on social housing in Canada.
The September 14th Fast Facts from the Manitoba Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is titled “Why Canada Needs a Real Housing Policy” and is written by Tim Sale, currently the chair of the federal working group of the Right to Housing Coalition. Click here to see article