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Budget 2024 falls short in addressing Canada’s low-income housing crisis: Implications for Manitoba
The Manitoba Right to Housing Coalition (RTH) and its national partner, Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) coalition is disappointed that Budget 2024 has failed…
Tax cut policies stall affordable housing action
Previouly published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 26, 2023 This month the Right to Housing Coalition released a Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba,…
A Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba
Download 881.06 KB64 pages The Right to Housing Coalition has put forward a social housing action plan for Manitoba that pulls together solutions based on…
Manitoba releases a long-awaited homelessness strategy: It must be election time
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday March 11, 2023 The Manitoba government released its Homelessness Strategy on February 28th. The primary questions being…
UNSPUN 2019: Housing and the Manitoba Election
Safe and affordable housing is a fundamental right. On June 21, 2019, the Government of Canada enshrined this right in law, through the National Housing…
Budget 2017/18 A step back on social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2017 provides $150M less for the development and maintenance of social and affordable housing compared to last year’s budget. Groups like the Right to…
Housing advocates look to provincial budget for action
Manitobans should have access to housing but, at any given time, there are about 1,400 people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg alone. Many others live under…
Fast Facts: Rent Assist Increase
Community work in action Thanks to community advocacy, low-income Manitobans will have more money to help pay their rent. Three years ago Make Poverty History…
Work Life: Making the case for a Labour Market Intermediary
There is a growing opportunity in Manitoba to bridge the economic and social divide between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. First of all, Manitoba employers are…
Making the Case for a Labour Market Intermediary
The Experience of Build Download 1.17 MB 20 pages This report weaves together findings from data gathered through two other research reports published by the…
Fast Facts: Alternative ideas to address Winnipeg’s woes
The Alternative Municipal Budget (AMB) is the tool we use to engage citizen groups on the Winnipeg budget. Part of our message is that the…
The View From Here 2015
Manitobans call for a renewed poverty reduction plan Download 1.76 MB 92 pages Given that the policy landscape has changed since 2009, and that the…
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