ACTION: Support new homes at Northgate!
March 8, 2023The Northgate Residential Redevelopment (1399 McPhillips Street) is up for Appeal on Wednesday April 19, 2023. We recommend that folks sign up in support of this project. To speak (in-person or virtually) to the Appeal Committee, or to send a written submission, people must fill out the City of Winnipeg delegation form. The agenda item and title for the project will be available as soon as the agenda comes out. This project is a mixed-use, multi-family redevelopment that would bring 204 new homes to Winnipeg. This project would bring multi-family density to the McPhillips Street transit corridor and is in line with both City…
News: Rental supply bad for tenants & new arrangement at Lions Place
Insufficient Supply Bad News for Renters: A Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) report found rental options are scarcer due to a lack of proper supply for rising demand. Winnipeg‘s purpose-built rental vacancy rate halved in 2022 compared to 2021, going down to…
Housing and Urban Issues News for the New Year
Crescentwood Heritage Conservation District proposed The City’s Historical Buildings and Resources Committee recommended the creation of a Heritage Conservation District in Crescentwood. Intended to protect the “garden-like” setting of the neighbourhood, this would be second Heritage Conservation District following the one…
Mayor-Elect Scott Gillingham on Homes and Land-Use
The mayoral campaign of Mayor-Elect Scott Gillingham featured a number of proposals on housing, zoning, and land-use. It will be interesting to see what movement there is on these proposals over the next four years. These include a number of…
The Anatomy of a Pothole
YIMBY Winnipeg is a member of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TLUC). This fall, TLUC presents: The Anatomy of a Pothole Potholes are the bane of the existence of every Winnipeg driver. Each year, as predictable as our freeze-thaw…
Mayoral Candidates on Homes and Land-Use
Over the course of the Winnipeg mayoral campaign, various candidates have offered positions on zoning, homes, planning, and land-use policy. Here’s a recap. Rick Shone Ending Parking Mandates: Shone has called for an end to parking mandates for new builds,…
Early Summer Housing & Urban Issues News
Campaign calls for an End to Homelessness in Budget 2022: The End Homelessness in Budget ’22 campaign, lead by Make Poverty History Manitoba and the Right to Housing Coalition, is calling for the province to invest to end homelessness. Centrepieces of the campaign include a…
PRESS RELEASE: Proposed Shaftesbury Apartments crucial to Winnipeg’s city building goals
The proposed apartments for 490 Shaftesbury Boulevard are a step in the right direction for Winnipeg. This type of infill project contributes to a diversity of home choices in Winnipeg, options for folks to adjust their housing in-community at different…
News: Public Works Committee proposes dismantling bus shelters, EPC disagrees
Last Thursday (June 9, 2022) the City’s Public Works Committee voted to dismantle bus shelters at Kildonan Place mall. Over 20 advocates from groups that represent people experiencing homelessness presented to Winnipeg’s Executive Policy Committee today (June 15th, 2022), making the case that this was…
City of Winnipeg engagement opportunities
The City of Winnipeg has a few engagement opportunities that might be interesting to our supporters. See below for more details. Want to keep track of future City engagement opportunities? Visit their engage website and register! Regulating Short-Term Rentals (i.e.…
Call for Volunteers, Housing and Urban Issues News for Spring 2022
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: Public Event in the late summer/fall YIMBY Winnipeg, in partnership with other groups, is planning to hold a public event some time in late summer and early fall. The exact form it takes, including whether it will…
