General News of the Coalition – Meetings, Advance Notices, Upcoming Events, etc
In May the Canadian Alliance of Non-Profit Housing Associations (CANPHA) wrote a letter to the Prime Minister expressing their disappointment at the lack of an urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing in the 2021 Federal Budget. The letter references the efforts of the CHRA Indigenous Caucus in calling for a For Indigenous, By Indigenous housing […]
By: Dylan Robertson Winnipeg Free Press, April 21, 2021 OTTAWA — Housing advocates are giving a thumbs-down to the Trudeau government’s massive budget, saying the proposed funding will have limited effect on homelessness in cities such as Winnipeg. “It’s not going to end or reduce homelessness; it’s not keeping up with demand,” Christina Maes Nino, head […]
The Right to Coalition has sent a letter to The Honourable Ahmed Husssen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development for the Government of Canada outlining the Coalition’s concerns re federal support for the proposed Starlight Investments redevelopment project. The Coalition is asking all levels of government to re-think support for this project in light […]
Ian Froese CBC News · Mar 29, 2021 The Manitoba government boasted Monday of halving the wait-list of 9,000 households seeking subsidized housing units, but one housing advocate says nobody should assume the crisis in affordable places to live has been solved. Read more.
The Manitoba government is providing $5.6 million to the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA) to deliver a rent bank program that will support stable housing for low-income to moderate-income families, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced today. News Release
Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced at a news conference today that the Manitoba Housing wait-list for affordable housing units is now half as long as before – with about 4,600 applicants waiting. Kirsten Bernas of the Right to Housing Coalition cautioned that the crisis in affordable housing is far from over with little increase in […]
By Doug Smith The February 2021 revelation that the federal government was unable to build a single unit of low-income Indigenous housing in 2019-20 is a clear reminder that the federal government’s housing strategy is long on promises and short on delivery. According to the Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing report prepared by the […]
The Manitoba government is providing $2.56 million to the Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA) for projects in Winnipeg over the next two years with community partners to transition homeless people into stable housing environments, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced at a news conference on March 2, 2021. News Release
This research turned to ten other Canadian cities to ask how municipal housing departments supported the creation of affordable rental housing, and how much staff capacity was dedicated to that effort. It was surprising to find that every surveyed city (except Winnipeg) had an affordable housing strategy, and that planning documents consistently cited the creation […]