Want to fix the housing crisis? Give young people the right to a low-cost home
Interesting read: Article by Sonia Sodha in The Guardian
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Right to Housing Coalition launches KEEP PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC campaign
The Pallister government is selling our public housing. This will leave a legacy of poverty and homelessness across the Province. We need your help to stop this. 1. SIGN UP to support the Campaign 2. EMAIL the Premier, Minister of Housing, and your MLA 3. SHARE the campaign on social media: [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Learn more: check […]
CCPA Manitoba releases report “KPMG Sends Manitoba Housing Down a Dead End”
The Manitoba Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has released a report written by Doug Smith that looks at the impact of the sale of public housing in three jurisdictions that were cited in the KPMG report on public housing that is influencing housing policy at the provincial level.
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.”
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.
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 […]