Winnipeg social advocates ask Santa for more housing this Christmas
CBC News. Dec 24, 2019.
Social Planning Council on affordable housing
Global News. Dec 23, 2019.
Critics fear mental-health fallout from province’s plan to reduce housing benefit
Winnipeg Free Press. Nov 25, 2019.
Advocates sound alarm over degradation of Rent Assist
Carol Sanders. Winnipeg Free Press. July 16, 2019.
Voices for impoverished get city to leave makeshift shelters, work for long-term solution
Ben Waldman. Winnipeg Free Press. June 25, 2019.
Making Space for Change: The Story of Manitoba’s Rent Assist Benefit
By Josh Brandon and Jesse Hajer This paper documents some of the organizing history leading up to implementation of the Rent Assist benefit, precursors and provincial policy context from which the Rent Assist program emerged, as well as changes to … Continue reading →
3 Things Brian Pallister Hopes Manitobans Will Be Too Distracted to Remember By Calling an Early Election
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Continue reading →EDITORIAL: Province has no choice but to control Rent Assist benefits
Winnipeg Sun. Published June 7th, 2019. Read more….
Continue reading →Province criticized for freezing rent-assist payments
By Nicholas Frew. Winnipeg Free Press. Published June 5th, 2019. Read more….
Continue reading →Freezing rental assistance while slashing PST misguided, Manitoba anti-poverty group says
By Ian Froese. CBC News. Published June 5th, 2019. Read more….
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