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Great Success! Our Bringing Housing Home Event
We can’t thank everyone enough who supported our Bringing Housing Home event. We had a great turn out in-person and on-line! Watch the recording.
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Housing Accelerator Fund Agreement-in-Principle on reform reached
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...
PRESS RELEASE: Let’s End Exclusionary Zoning tomorrow
Today is National Housing Day. Winnipeg City Council should take stock of this tremendous do and do its part to foster housing affordability. Tomorrow, Winnipeg City Council needs to vote to end Exclusionary Zoning in Winnipeg. YIMBY Winnipeg commends the Executive...
PRESS RELEASE: YIMBY Winnipeg commends EPC’s first steps to ending Exclusionary Zoning
The Executive Policy Committee has done a great service taking the first steps to ending Exclusionary Zoning in Winnipeg.
Press Release: End Exclusionary Zoning with the HAF
Let’s end Exclusionary Zoning now.
Winnipeg Infill Highlight #2
What do you get when you combine underutilized land with good design guidelines? Great infill developments of course! In this post I’ll be highlighting three new mid-rise apartment buildings built in central Winnipeg over the past few years. From leafy West Broadway,...
Winnipeg Infill Highlight #1
Today we’re starting a new series here on the YIMBY Winnipeg website documenting high-quality infill developments in Winnipeg. The series will aim to include a variety of development types, including small-scale residential, larger multi-family residential, and...
Appeal Committee SUCCESS and Housing Accelerator Fund
In Housing and Urban Issues News, two projects of note of passed through the Appeal Committee! This means these projects are green-lit to go ahead, brining new infill homes to Winnipeg. In other news, the Federal Government's Housing Accelerator Fund is accepting...
ACTION: Support Homes at 174 Provencher BLVD
A project to develop 45 new homes and 2 stores is under Appeal! This project would replace a gravel lot, contributing homes, commercial activity, vibrancy, and tax revenue for public services to our City. Tell the Appeal Committee that you support the project. Sign-up...
ACTION: Support supportive homes at McMillan
A project that would build 51 new rental homes, including 20 supported homes for older adults, is being Appealed right now. These homes would, in part, replace a structurally unsafe and unsound building that was damaged by a bus crash. The new homes, in a...