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Manitoba Hydro – The Long View
Download 3.24 MB 44 pages Manitoba Hydro has a long history of development and innovation, combined with political controversy and, in the case of First…
Fast Facts: Increasing Benefits for Low-income Manitoba Renters through Rent Assist
“Can you find a home for $285?? This is what a single person gets on EIA (welfare). I think not!!!”. This was the text from…
Housing Needs of Indigenous Women Leaving Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Communities
Download 860.83 KB 32 pages The problems of intimate partner violence and housing insecurity are independent issues and each worthy of discussion on their own.…
Re-establishing their Lives
Issues Relating to Affordable Housing for Women and their Children Escaping Violent Relationships in Northern Manitoba Download 1.58 MB 44 pages This qualitative report looks…
Futures Forward Enhancement Project:
Qualitative Research of Youth Housing First Pilot Project Download 858.64 KB31 pages This report is a qualitative evaluation of the Futures Forward six month intensive…
Fast Facts: Red River College Decision Part of a Pattern of Bad Decision-Making
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 12, 2019 The recent decision to end the tenure of Paul Vogt as President and CEO of…
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…
Manitoba Rent Assist shelter benefit came from community pressure: New report
WINNIPEG— A new paper released today documents some of the organizing history leading up to implementation of the Rent Assist shelter benefit and changes to…
Making Space for Change
The Story of Manitoba’s Rent Assist Benefit Download 844.87 KB 24 pages This paper documents some of the organizing history leading up to implementation of…
Fast Facts: The Gaslighting of Manitobans in Health Care
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on June 25, 2019 The health care overhaul has been well-documented in the media, and routinely questioned in…
Fast Facts: Time to move forward with respect
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 5, 2019 For the last 100 days Camp Morningstar has nurtured a sacred fire on Hollow Water…
Resettling Refugees’ Social Housing Stories
Download 684.19 KB16 pages This paper is a companion piece to the report, Making Social Housing Friendly for Resettling Refugees. The intention with the present…
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