by yimbywpg | Feb 11, 2024 | Action, Infill Highlight
In 2020, YIMBY Winnipeg shared some love with the city that tried to capture the essence of community and urban development. The “Valentine’s Day Infill Housing Love Letters Campaign” brought people together to express their affection for infill...
by yimbywpg | Dec 28, 2023 | Housing and Urban Issues News, Outreach
YIMBY Winnipeg is pleased to join More Homes Canada. More Homes Canada is a coalition of housing advocacy groups from across the country. We’re fighting to end Canada’s housing shortage. Our fellow housing advocacy groups include: More Neighbours Toronto...
by yimbywpg | Dec 21, 2023 | Housing Accelerator Fund, Housing and Urban Issues News
In response to the agreement-in-principle to reform zoning under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), Winnipeg is receiving $122 million in funds from the federal government to remove barriers to building needed housing faster. This funding should fast track 3,166...
by yimbywpg | Nov 23, 2023 | Housing Accelerator Fund, Housing and Urban Issues News, Transit-Oriented Communities
The City of Winnipeg approved changes to their Housing Accelerator Fund application along the lines of those requested by the feds on Nov. 23, 2023. This represents an agreement-in-principle to zoning and land-use reforms that would speed up the building of new...
by yimbywpg | Oct 18, 2019 | Infill Mythbusting
The myth: “Infill houses aren’t affordable.” Reality: The truly unaffordable housing is the housing that we build on the edge of town, because it requires expensive new infrastructure, new schools, community centres, etc., and results in such a...
