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Time to #CancelRent and defer mortgage payments
UPDATE On March 25, the BC government announced a suite of measures to protect renters during the COVID-19 crisis, including a ban on new and…
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Fast Facts: Pandemic Punctures Childcare Illusion
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2020. Who knew that childcare would punch through as a key priority in a global pandemic?…
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Fast Facts: COVID-19 Testing in Manitoba: The Importance of the Whole Story
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general, said Monday. “To win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every…
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Affordable housing, homelessness and the upcoming federal budget
This year’s Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) was released on March 17. It provides an alternative fiscal framework for Canada’s federal government; it’s released ahead of the actual…
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Old Grace A History of the Organization and Construction of the Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative
Download 1.11 MB58 pages In June 2019, Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative (OGHC) held its grand opening. The first members of the 64-unit co-op in…
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The prison as petri dish
Informed by his 27 years in prison, the political organizer, lawyer and late president of South Africa Nelson Mandela is known to have said: “No…
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Crise de la COVID-19 : Près de la moitié des ménages ayant un emploi et payant un loyer dispose au plus d’un mois d’économies, montre un rapport
TORONTO – Près de la moitié des locataires canadiens ayant un emploi ne disposent pas d’assez d’économies pour payer leurs factures au-delà d’un mois s’ils…
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COVID-19 crisis: Nearly half of working, renting households have a month of savings or less, report finds
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Close to half of working renters in Canada don’t have enough savings to pay their bills…
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The Rent Is Due Soon
Financial Insecurity and COVID-19 Download 418.65 KB13 pages This report examines the financial situation of the 3.4 million households who rent and whose primary source…
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