Housing funds for Manitoba announced

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The federal government says it will provide $240 million in contributions and low-interest loans to build, repair and renew more than 3,750 new homes through more than 100 housing projects in Manitoba.

A news conference was held outside the Rubin Block on Morley Avenue at Osborne Street on Wednesday afternoon. Ottawa has earmarked $9.1 million through the Affordable Housing Fund and the Indigenous Shelter and Transitional Housing Initiative to help Fisher River Cree Nation redevelop the building into 13 transitional homes for families in need.

Plans for the block at 270 Morley, which has been empty since a fire in 2014, were announced in July. Construction for redevelopment began in October and is expected to be completed in May 2026.

“The market alone won’t deliver the housing affordability we need,” federal Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith said in a news release.