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 being cut off.
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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. 1, when COVID-19 pandemic-related protections for renters will no longer be in effect.”
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 Institute of Urban Studies at its meeting on June 13th titled “City of Winnipeg Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment”. The report calls for the City to take on a greater role in addressing affordable […]
Research Report on MB’s Rent Assist program
Authors Sarah Cooper, Jesse Hajer, and Shayna Plout have written a research report on Rent Assist in Manitoba “Assisting Renters – Manitoba’s Rent Assist in the Context of Canada’s National Housing Strategy”. Link to report here Read CCPA Fast Facts on study
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, advocate for increased support for low income renters in our province during the COVID-19 crisis as well as increased government investment in housing when the crisis subsides. Media coverage around the need for […]
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 from their home or experiences utility disconnections effective immediately. Manitoba should join other jurisdictions across Canada and around the world that have taken leadership in this area. Emergency rental support through an immediate […]
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 housing in Manitoba. Read the Winnipeg Free Press’s coverage here.
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.
Manitoba Families Action Plan misses the mark says R2H
Right to Housing issues a press release with our concerns the direction the Manitoba Families Department plans to take regarding housing in its recently released 12-month action plan. Click here to read the press release.