A $12.5-million Rapid Housing Initiative will create dozens of new affordable housing units in Winnipeg.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 4:13 PM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Through five projects with community partners, the funding will be used to convert existing spaces and build modular housing to create 88 new affordable housing units, Mayor Brian Bowman said Friday.( Darin Morash/CBC)
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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.
WINNIPEG A new rapid housing initiative is being launched in Winnipeg. Federal Families Minister Ahmed Hussen, Provincial Families Minister Heather Stefanson, and Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman announced funding details on Friday. Bowman said the federal government funding initially targeted the creation of 49 affordable units, but after a quickly assembled intake and review process by the city, 88 affordable housing units are now being created. “The entire spectrum of affordable housing in Winnipeg is facing immense pressure on all fronts, and this is creating barriers for people trying to continue onto more independent housing options and to those needing to enter,” Bowman said.