Winnipeg getting new supply of social housing – Construct Connect
May 22, 2024
Like many other cities in Canada, Winnipeg has a shortage of social housing – residential units that charge rents under the market rate and sometimes provide personal support of some kind.
But things are looking up on the social housing front, with some recent activity filling in some of that shortage.
For example, a four-storey, 15-unit building is being built in downtown Winnipeg that will serve as second-stage transitional housing for Indigenous and newcomer women and children.
The project is led by the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0. The other participants in the project are Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin, a Winnipeg crisis shelter; Family Dynamics, a counselling service; and New Journey Housing, which helps newcomers to Canada rent or buy housing.
In addition, the Manitoba government is providing $2.25 million towards the development’s construction.
On top of that, the Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation (WHRC) is building a new six-storey, 154-unit complex in the eastern suburb of Transcona.
