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Minosin Kikiwa – “A Good Home”: Indigenous Older Adults in Winnipeg
A growing segment of Indigenous populations in Canada are over 55.In urban areas like Winnipeg, this includes many long-time city residents.The later life situations of…
Understanding Manitoba’s Social Housing Transformation
This report documents the process of Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation’s (hereafter called MHRC) devolution of public housing that took place from 2016–2021. In 2019,…
Impact of the National Housing Strategy for Low-income Renters in Winnipeg and Manitoba
There is broad consensus among housing policy experts that the NHS has failed to live up to the commitment to create affordable housing for the…
Out-of-control rents
CMHC, “Rental Market Survey Data Tables,” 2023. For a notable exception, see John Rapley, “Canada’s approach to housing is bad for the economy,” The Globe…
Minimum wage workers across Canada face out-of-control rents that far exceed their income
Province Minimum wage (Oct. 2023) Rental wage for 1 bedroom Rental wage for 2 bedroom B.C. $16.75 $29.96 $35.90 Ontario $16.55 $28.50 $32.63 Alberta $15.00…
What is the “rental wage” in my neighborhood?
Across Canada, rents are out of control. In 2019, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives introduced the concept of the “rental wage” to Canada. The rental…
Expensive housing eroding BC’s economy — new report offers solutions agenda
VANCOUVER – Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and the skyrocketing price of homes has become a source of enormous wealth…
Building Equity
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
Greenbelt scandal: What does “accountability” mean?
There’s no sign that anybody will face real consequences for the $10 billion giveaway
It’s time to move on from the Houston Model
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 1, 2024
The Bank of Canada is starting to cut interest rates. It’s about time.
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