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UNSPUN: Four Political Platforms on Poverty
Manitobans rate themselves to be a generous andcaring society. When natural disasters strike, we are the first to respond. Manitobans are Canada’s most reliable donors…
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Fast Fasts: Federal Budget provides opportunities for social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2016 provides some welcome news for nearly 600,000 Canadian families who depend on social housing. The budget allocates $2.3 billion dollars over two years…
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Fast Facts: Throne speeches put poverty on the agenda
There was encouraging news in Manitoba’s 2015 Speech from the Throne for people working to end poverty in Manitoba. In several areas, the Manitoba government…
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Fast Facts: New Federal government – opportunity to end crisis of poor housing
For Winnipeg residents with low incomes, the lack of affordable quality housing is a crisis. According to the 2011 National Housing Survey, 34,000 Winnipeg renters…
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Fast Facts: Make new development fund affordable housing
City council will vote on a plan for a new suburb on the northwest edge of Winnipeg on December 10. As it stands, the proposed…
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Moving to the City
Housing and Aboriginal Migration to Winnipeg Download 2.18 MB 46 pages Winnipeg can only succeed if the Aboriginal people of this city find success. Ensuring…
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Fast Facts: Meeting the housing needs of Aboriginal people moving to Winnipeg
Winnipeg is home to Canada’s largest Aboriginal population. Aboriginal people, however, are among the most likely to experience homelessness and are also over-represented in housing…
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How affordable is affordable housing?
Download 1.01 MB4 pages Manitoba’s affordable housing program is designed to help households with moderate incomes afford rent. Despite tight rental markets in cities like…
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Canada should get back into the social housing game
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s national housing agency, has undergone a profound shift in recent decades. Prior to 1993, it was the…
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Fast Facts: CCPA-MB research back social movements, leveraging change
Evidence-based policy research can exert a powerful force for social change, especially when it stands with the community in its actions and organising. The role…
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Fast Facts: Provincial Record on Housing a Welcome Achievement
The Provincial government has released an impressive record of its commitment to build affordable housing across Manitoba. Housing and Community Development Minister Peter Bjornson announced…
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