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Pandemic hits marginalized populations hardest
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 9, 2021 Vulnerability to COVID-19 is not shared equally. The past year has shown that those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19…
Assisting Renters
Manitoba’s Rent Assist in the Context of Canada’s National Housing Strategy Download 3.37 MB 88 pages Assisting Renters examines how Manitoba’s Rent Assist program fits into the larger policy framework…
Fast Facts: Now, more than ever, we need Rent Assist helping Manitobans
Rent Assist is a made-in-Manitoba solution to housing need: a province-wide rent supplement program that helps lower-income renters in the private market to afford housing at 75 percent of median…
The changing nature of social housing in Manitoba
What makes social housing ‘social’? In part, social housing is different from private-market housing because it intentionally provides low-cost housing for low-income households. But it is also a way of…
Why Protecting Public Housing is Important
Download 672.09 KB20 pages Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system. It provides a specific form of housing: decommodified housing that is affordable to low-income households. This…
Fast Facts: Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system
Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system. It provides a specific form of housing: housing that has been removed from the market by focusing on its use…
Addressing Core Housing Need in Canada
Download 3.83 MB 54 pages Social housing is at risk in Canada. Just a few decades ago, Canada had an internationally recognized social housing portfolio, but today the supply of…
Fast Facts: Many Canadians in need of good housing
Housing markets are not able to produce the accommodation needed by many sections of the population. Consequently public support and investment have been necessary to build, maintain and manage a…
A Terrific Loss
The Expiring Social Housing Operating Agreements in Manitoba Download 604.39 KB16 pages For decades, social housing has been an integral part of Canadian housing and social policy. Between the1950s and…
Fast Facts: Federal withdrawal results in loss of social housing
Manitoba is losing subsidized rental housing units—a delayed result of the federal government’s withdrawal from funding social housing in the 1990s. As operating agreements between the federal government and housing…
Renovating Rental Regulations
The Honourable Jim Rondeau, Minister of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs recently introduced legislation to modify the Residential Tenancies Act. CCPA-MB was invited, along with representatives from several other…
Electing to House Canadians – or Not?
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