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Last Updated: November 28, 2024

National Housing Day 2024

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Published in the Winnipeg Free Press on November 22, 2024 and shared with permission.

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Posted: October 10, 2024

New report

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Last Updated: September 19, 2024

Private sector rent benefits not the answer

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By Kirsten Bernas, Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 19, 2024 THE crisis caused by the recent pause in the Canada Manitoba Housing Benefit (CMHB) demonstrates the volatility of income subsidies as a solution for housing …

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Posted: August 15, 2024

It’s time to move on from the Houston Model

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 1, 2024. By Shauna MacKinnon Manitoba politicians are fixated on the “Houston model” as the solution to homelessness.   The obsession began prior to the recent provincial election when then opposition …

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Posted: April 29, 2024

Six Questions About the Future of Portage Place

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 29, 2024

Category: City of Winnipeg, city planning, Homelessness, housing, Indigenous, inequality, infrastructure, Inner City, Manitoba, Right to Housing, Social Housing Tags: ,

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Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Budget 2024 falls short in addressing Canada’s low-income housing crisis: Implications for Manitoba

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Last Updated: February 1, 2024

Social Housing should be a priority in Manitoba

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

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Last Updated: December 4, 2023

An interview with Ricardo Tranjan, author of The Tenant Class

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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).

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Last Updated: October 12, 2023

The Solution is More Housing

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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 …

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Posted: September 26, 2023

We Need to Talk About Social Housing for Seniors

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By Lynne Fernandez and Erika Wiebe

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