Developing Manitoba’s Homelessness Strategy
Homelessness is a multi-faceted problem that requires a coordinated, strategic response with a continuum of housing options and support services. We know that more Manitobans are experiencing homelessness and precarious housing than ever before.
In the Speech from the Throne 2021, the provincial government committed to introducing a homelessness strategy in 2022 that emphasizes a whole-of-government-approach.
Starting in January 2022, Manitoba Families led engagement sessions with communities across Manitoba including non-profit agencies and service providers, municipalities, Indigenous leaders, people with lived experience and the private sector. Feedback from these sessions informed the strategy’s approach, priorities and actions to develop and implement a provincial strategy to end homelessness in Manitoba.
Read the discussion paper and proposed framework which outlines the approach and five pillars guiding the strategy.
Read the questions for discussion at each engagement session.
Read
the What We Heard report that summarizes the results of the
consultation.
Read A Place for Everyone: A Collaborative Homelessness Strategy
We understand that local knowledge, especially in marginalized communities, is vital to developing an effective provincial strategy. We have much work ahead to address homelessness from immediate needs to prevention. We look forward to embarking on this journey together to develop a whole of government approach that modernizes our emergency response, provides person-centered service delivery and builds capacity in rural and northern Manitoba.
If you would like more information about the provincial strategy to address homelessness, please contact us by email at homelessness@gov.mb.ca
News Releases
March 28, 2023
Manitoba Government Announces Nearly $7 Million in Funding to Prevent Chronic Homelessness
February 28, 2023
Manitoba Government Provides $126 Million to Address Chronic Homelessness
October
31, 2022
Manitoba
Government Announces Initiatives to Improve Community Safety and Wellness
across the Province
August
31, 2022
Manitoba
Families Most in Need to Benefit from $87-Million 'Family Affordability
Package'
August
11, 2022
Manitoba Government Announces More than $5.4 Million in New Funding to Support
Homelessness Initiatives
June
13, 2022
Manitoba
Government Invests $450,000 in Training Program to Alleviate Staff Shortages at
Family Violence and Homeless Shelters
March
25, 2022
Province
Releases Results of Stakeholder Engagement on Homelessness in Manitoba
November
22, 2021
Construction
Now Underway on Supportive Living Apartment Building for Vulnerable Individuals
November
19, 2021
Province
Partners with End Homelessness Winnipeg to Fund Warming Space this Winter
March
2, 2021
Province
Providing Funds for Homelessness Supports for Hundreds
December
5, 2019