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Update on Dakota Tipi First Nation’s first housing project – PortageOnline
Mar 04 2025 Dakota Tipi First Nation is excited to continue its first of hopefully many projects around the Portage la Prairie area. An $18 million housing development is in progress on Saskatchewan Avenue in the city. On Friday, September 20, 2024, an official meeting took place onsite with provincial, city, and Dakota Tipi representatives […]
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The Governments of Canada and Manitoba finalize a ten-year agreement for the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund
From: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 3, 2025 — The governments of Canada and Manitoba have finalized a 10-year agreement under the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF). Through this agreement, communities across Manitoba will be able to build or improve the critical infrastructure related to drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste […]
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Federal government invests in more than 3,700 homes in Manitoba
February 26, 2025 Today, the Government of Canada announced more than $240 million in contributions and low-cost repayable loans to build, repair and renew 3,765 homes through 105 housing projects located across different municipalities in Manitoba. Today’s announcement was made by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, alongside the Honourable Terry Duguid, Minister responsible […]
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AMC Responds to Provincial Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
January 15, 2025 Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg—The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Acting Grand Chief Betsy Kennedy shared her mixed feelings regarding the Manitoba government’s Your Way Home strategy to end chronic homelessness, which was announced earlier today. “While the initiative to house 700 Manitobans within 30 days is commendable, the AMC must point out that many of […]
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Manitoba Government Releases Your Way Home: Manitoba’s Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
January 14, 2025 New 30-Day Plan Will Move 700 Manitobans Out of Encampments and Into Housing: Premier The Manitoba government has unveiled Your Way Home: Manitoba’s Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, a strategy to ending chronic homelessness in Manitoba, and created a new premier’s senior advisor on ending chronic homelessness to oversee this work, Premier […]
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First Nations outside the Prairies likely to see housing money shrink once new formula negotiated: documents – APTN News
Jan 07, 2025 First Nations outside Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba can expect a “significant” decrease in their housing allowance once a new funding formula is negotiated between Canada Mortgage and Housing (CMHC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), documents obtained by APTN News show. “Use of the updated Census figures […]
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A national aid for a local issue – Winnipeg Free Press
Dec. 4, 2024 Raising the Roof Canada’s Reside Winnipeg project provides around-the-clock support for vulnerable Indigenous youth and their families In a neighbourhood as old and economically diverse as the North End, it isn’t surprising to learn that many of the buildings take on different lives. The 110-year-old structure at 573 Mountain Ave. is no […]
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New homes for First Nation members coming to Winnipeg
November 22, 2024 Today the federal government, the City of Winnipeg, and Paragon Living in partnership with Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation Trust announced a combined investment of $38.5 million in funding for 95 new homes in Winnipeg. The Chancellor, located at 939 Chancellor Drive in Winnipeg, will be a 7-storey building with 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartments. […]
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Statement for the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities for National Housing Day
From: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada November 22, 2024 National Housing Day is an important reminder that every Canadian deserves a place to call home. A home connects us to the communities where we live and work and gives us the stability to grow and thrive. It’s a place where we can feel safe and […]
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Manitoba launches ‘Housing Starts Here’ portal to combat housing issues – Construct Connect
November 14, 2024 WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s new Housing Starts Here online portal is geared towards simplifying the application process for a new $26-million capital grant program for non-profit organizations, Indigenous governments and municipalities. The idea is to support the development of 350 social housing units in 2024-25, explains a release from the province. Interested organizations […]
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