Social Housing should be a priority in Manitoba

By Shauna MacKinnon Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 29, 2024

An interview with Ricardo Tranjan, author of The Tenant Class

Ricardo Tranjan, author of The Tenant Class, joins us for a community conversation with local housing activists Rebecca Hume (Together at 149 Langside), Yutaka Dirks (R2H Coalition) and moderator Stefan Hodges (West Broadway Tenants Committee).

The Solution is More Housing

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 11, 2023 There is a growing interest among politicians — including Winnipeg’s Mayor and those from Manitoba’s NDP — in learning from the “Houston model” to address homelessness. Those of …

We Need to Talk About Social Housing for Seniors

By Lynne Fernandez and Erika Wiebe

Tax cut policies stall affordable housing action

Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 26, 2023

Manitoba releases a long-awaited homelessness strategy: It must be election time

By Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon

Response to True North Real Estate purchase option for Portage Place Mall

March 6, 2023 For Immediate Release Winnipeg (Treaty One): True North Real Estate purchase option goes against the community vision for Portage Place land and mall. 

The Manitoba government’s Homeless Strategy’s goals are worryingly modest when compared to what past governments have done

By Doug Smith

Lions Place Housing Crisis: What the Manitoba Government can and must do

By Shauna McKinnon

Low-cost housing in Winnipeg

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 27, 2022 By Shauna MacKinnon