Affordable Housing Analysis

This project is a historical analysis of Federal/Provincial affordable housing agreements signed from 2000 to 2011 and whether the housing stock continued to be rented at affordable rates after the agreements expired. Federal/provincial housing agreements during the 2000-2011 period primarily consisted of capital grants to the private sector (for profit and non-profit) to develop affordable rental housing. Affordable was broadly defined as “median market or below”. Grant recipients signed agreements with the Province which required that rents remained affordable for 20 years. Many of these agreements have now expired.

For this project the priority for West Central Women’s Resource Centre (WCWRC) and Right to Housing (RTH) is to ascertain whether any of the housing units previously funded through Federal/Provincial affordable housing agreements between 2000 and 2011 continue to rent at affordable rates after the agreements expired. This could further make the case for the importance of ongoing investment in social housing. Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation (MHRC) has agreed to work with RTH to provide data to determine the status of units funded through these agreements. The housing researcher will collect and analyze data and prepare a report.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

West Central Women's Resource Center

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program: