Social housing is home to many of our most vulnerable community members. Vulnerable populations are considered to be those who have multiple barriers to achieving or maintaining housing due to challenges such as poverty, health and mental health issues, trauma, newcomer settlement challenges, and disability, amongst others. These tenants sometimes struggle to pay their rent, maintain their unit in safe and hygienic conditions, and take care of their physical needs or mental health leaving them vulnerable to eviction.
Non-profit housing providers have a mandate to serve vulnerable populations but funding for social supports and staffing is hard to come by. This study of non-profit housing providers in Manitoba looks at what supports are necessary to improve tenancies with vulnerable people and support tenant well-being. As Manitoba moves to sell off public housing units to the non-profit, cooperative and private sector, the importance of funding and resourcing housing supports for vulnerable people becomes central to preventing housing instability, evictions and homelessness.
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