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The Manitoba government is providing financial support for two projects that will create 46 new social housing units that target immediate community needs, Housing, Addictions, and Homelessness M.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson
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Jim Bell, CEO of Siloam Mission, speaks about the Rapid Housing Initiative funding as mayor Brian Bowman listens at City Hall in Winnipeg on Friday.
OTTAWA A handful of fast-tracked housing projects meant to take in the most vulnerable Winnipeggers got the final green-light Friday.
OTTAWA A handful of fast-tracked housing projects meant to take in the most vulnerable Winnipeggers got the final green-light Friday.
It means 88 new units should be open by the end of 2021 to those at highest risk of ending up on the street the result of federal funding used to repurpose unused floors and buildings in Point Douglas, North End and West End.
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The federal government has announced $12.5 million in funding for rapid housing in Winnipeg in an effort help vulnerable people, including those sleeping rough in encampments.
The $1 billion CMHC delivered federal rapid housing initiative (RHI) encompasses all major Canadian jurisdictions and is touted as a pandemic restart program that will provide 3,000 new affordable housing units coast-to-coast. With a move-in date next December, 88 housing units will be built in Winnipeg.
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“Currently Winnipeg has crucial needs on the entire spectrum of housing,” Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said in a news conference on Friday.