Winnipeg encampment residents to move into new social housing units: province – Winnipeg [Video]

The Manitoba government says it will work with its municipal counterpart next month to move 700 people experiencing homelessness and living in encampments into housing.

The initiative, called Your Way Home, is part of the province’s efforts to end chronic homelessness.

On Tuesday, provincial leaders said that 300 new social housing units have been purchased and are being renovated, and wraparound support services will be provided by local non-profit organizations.

“No one should be chronically homeless in a country as rich as Canada,” Premier Wab Kinew said at a press conference, alongside Bernadette Smith, housing, addictions and homelessness minister.

“Encampments aren’t safe for the people living there and they’re not safe for the families, seniors and businesses nearby. Our plan will move people out of tents and into warm, safe, secure housing with wraparound supports to help make sure they stay housed.”

The plan is being led by Tessa Blaikie …