Category: Op-eds and Policy Research
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A Place to Call Home: Homelessness in Winnipeg in 2011
The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg has compiled a brief report on people who don’t have a fixed address in Winnipeg. The…
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The Housing Market and Canada’s Economic Recovery
Federation of Canadian Municipalities’s report, The Housing Market and Canada’s Economic Recovery, is calling on the federal government to provide low-interest loans…
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Letter to Premier Selinger on housing issues
The Coalition supports the provincial government’s commitment to create 2500 units of rental housing. Read more… Letter to Premier
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Letter to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
On July 14, 2011 the Coalition sent a letter to The Honourable Diane Finley acknowledging the Government of Canada’s 2008 commitment to…
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WinnipegREALTORS® – Manitoba’s Rental Housing Shortage
In this discussion paper, WinnipegREALTORS® outlines the issues and challenges facing the rental market in Winnipeg and Manitoba. The discussion paper explores…
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Housing for Newcomers – Letter, November 1, 2010
There have been several articles in your newspaper recently reporting on the surge of immigrants to Manitoba. While this is welcome…
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Increasing the Affordability of Rental Housing in Canada: An Assessment of Alternative Supply-side Measures
Published by Marion Steele and Peter Tomlinson of The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, this is a revised version of…
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Precarious Housing in Canada
Welleseley Institute report demonstrates the link between the improvement of precarious housing and better population health (which leads to reduced health inequities).…
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CREATING RENTAL HOUSING – A ROLE FOR THE CITY OF WINNIPEG
The Coalition advocates that the City of Winnipeg play a stronger role to increase the supply of affordable rental housing. In a…
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Building from the Ground Up: Enhancing Affordable Housing in Canada
This Conference Board of Canada report explores affordable housing in Canada and makes the case for an expanded supply. It also highlights…
