Coordination Activities

• Housing Networks: Informed community and strengthened cooperation between the city, provincial government, federal government, non-profit & private developers, and community leaders to: implement housing plans; to prioritize and develop proposals; and to allocate funding in the Housing Improvement Zones (HIZ) of WW and NPD, and the Neighbourhoods Alive (NA!) improvement areas of Dufferin, St. John’s, and LSP.
• Affordable Housing: Housing staff worked with community members to identify new infill lots. The network allocated ten new in-fill homes for empty lots; eight in WW, and two in NPD. This affordable housing went to low-income homeowners who qualified for a mortgage. Approximately one half the cost of building the house is to be forgiven over ten years.
• Rental Housing: Administered multiple programs geared towards rental issues. With funding from the Winnipeg and Thomas Sill Foundations, hired local area resident as full-time TLC Coordinator to encourage property maintenance. Maintained partnership with MHA through BCMP program to improve the quality of social housing. Hired a full-time coordinator to implement the Winnipeg Rental Network, a citywide web-based service to provide free vacancy listings for landlords with affordable rental housing.