If you were unable to attend the recent workshops in Brandon and Winnipeg on financing through Sector Bank, you may download copies of the presentation from the MNPHA website. Two versions are available: a PDF version and a PPT Show version that you may watch even if...
The Canadian Federal Government has released the long anticipated National Housing Strategy. Over a ten year period, it calls for $40 billion in programming and investment to address the need for refurbishing existing social housing and adding to the supply of...
The Eastern Corridor Study being conducted by the City of Winnipeg will identify the most suitable route for rapid transit between downtown and eastern Winnipeg - a route that provides greater convenience, speed, reliability, transportation network improvements, and...
Manitoba Justice advises the 2018 rent guideline has been set at an increase of 1.3 per cent and will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. The guideline is determined annually based the Manitoba Consumer Price Index (CPI) and applies to most residential rental property including...
Chesterfield Housing in conjunction with All Saints Kinsmen celebrated the grand opening of their latest housing project on Saturday, August 26. Kinsmen Place, located on Chesterfield Avenue in Winnipeg, is a 45 unit building dedicated to providing affordable housing...
CHRA has written the Minister responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the Minister of Indiginous and Northern Affairs, with 2 sets of documents related to the release of the National Housing Strategy this fall. The first document contains...
The province of Manitoba has announced changes to the Rent Geared to Income (RGI) program. Calculation of rent for those in the RGI program will now be based on 28 percent of income, an increase of three percentage points. For more information, here is a link to the...
Associate Members to be eligible for board of directors Just over 50 MNPHA members participated in the Annual General Meeting and Education Event on Wednesday, June 7. The event included workshops on Capital Planning and Policy Development as well as the annual...
The City of Winnipeg will begin enforcing a new Fire Prevention Bylaw starting July 26, 2017. New restrictions are being placed on the use of storage lockers in parking garages. Storage units that were part of a building original design and part of the construction...
The federal and provincial governments will be investing $19 million over the next two years to renovate social and non-profit housing units in Manitoba. Sixty-three projects have been selected and will receive support ranging from $12,000 to $2.1 million. Read more...