Housing and Homelessness
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Background and Definitions
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Housing Map
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Point in Time Counts
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Links and Reports
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Housing Dashboard
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Background
The purpose of this portal is to provide a knowledge base on Housing and Homelessness for Winnipeg and Manitoba in order to engage and educate the public, and to inform policies and programs. We hope to provide consistency in definitions and methodologies of understanding housing need in the province, and share data and research on housing and homelessness.
The portal is being developed collaboratively by The Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association with a working group of End Homelessness Winnipeg, the Institute of Urban Studies, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba - Department of City Planning, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
If you have questions regarding the Housing and Homelessness Knowledge Portal, or want to share data or research to be added, please contact Christina Maes Nino; execdir(@)mnpha.com
The portal is being developed collaboratively by The Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Association with a working group of End Homelessness Winnipeg, the Institute of Urban Studies, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba - Department of City Planning, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
If you have questions regarding the Housing and Homelessness Knowledge Portal, or want to share data or research to be added, please contact Christina Maes Nino; execdir(@)mnpha.com
Definitions
Definitions related to housing and homelessness often differ based on the needs of an organization, and may change over time as programs and policies are developed. To some degree the discrepancies between definitions reflect nothing more than the fiscal and policy decisions of a particular government; the differences between definitions may not be as important as stating clearly which definition is being used and for what purpose.
Affordable housing
This section is under development. Please check back soon!
Housing Map
This section of the portal contains links to interactive maps to better understand the housing situation in Manitoba.
The interactive mapping application was developed to illustrate in detail data from the 2016 Census relating to housing conditions in the Winnipeg Health Region and the Province of Manitoba. These maps include two housing-specific layers illustrating:
Queriable Layers allow extraction of custom data: Please note that we have built a queriable housing layer into these maps which gives the end-user the ability to create housing reports for a:
The interactive mapping application was developed to illustrate in detail data from the 2016 Census relating to housing conditions in the Winnipeg Health Region and the Province of Manitoba. These maps include two housing-specific layers illustrating:
- Households in core housing need (with data including housing need for seniors and for non-seniors; and the Shelter-to-Income Cost Ratio);
- Households in unsuitable housing (with data including renter and owner households spending 30% or more of their income on housing; the proportion of renter and owner households in an area; the housing type; the year of construction; and households requiring major or minor repairs)
Queriable Layers allow extraction of custom data: Please note that we have built a queriable housing layer into these maps which gives the end-user the ability to create housing reports for a:
- Standard geographic area such as a neighborhood, community area, or electoral district using the Query tool.
- User defined area such as a 1 km buffer around a school or community center using the Proximity tool.
Point in Time Counts of Homelessness
Information on the extent and nature of homelessness in Manitoba has been gathered using “point-in-time” research methodologies. Point-in-Time Counts are a measure of the number of people who are homeless on a specific day (hence the point-in-time reference). This type of counting is known as “taking a snapshot” of the situation and has been done in three Manitoba communities: Winnipeg, Brandon, and Thompson.
Reports from these research studies are available here:
Several on-line dashboards are being constructed so that results from the 2015 and 2018 Winnipeg Street Census can be explored interactively by end-users.
The first on-line dashboard from the 2018 Winnipeg Street Census published below allows the end-user to interactively explore the inter-relationships between age, gender, Indigenous identity, and where individuals stayed the night previous to the census. Click on the image below to load the dashboard.
Reports from these research studies are available here:
- Everyone Counts: Brandon's Point-in-Time Count Survey (2018)
- Brandon iMatter, Point-in-Time Homelessness Count (2016)
- 2018 Homelessness Partnering Strategy Point-in-Time Count, Thompson MB (2018)
- 2016 Homelessness Partnering Strategy Point-In-Time Count, Thompson MB (2016)
Several on-line dashboards are being constructed so that results from the 2015 and 2018 Winnipeg Street Census can be explored interactively by end-users.
The first on-line dashboard from the 2018 Winnipeg Street Census published below allows the end-user to interactively explore the inter-relationships between age, gender, Indigenous identity, and where individuals stayed the night previous to the census. Click on the image below to load the dashboard.
Links and Reports
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Housing
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Homelessness
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This section is organized into the following categories of research/data:
1. Neighbourhood Housing Information
2. Housing Policies and Strategies
3. Housing Market Data
4. Rooming House Research and Data
5. Assessment and Taxation Data
6. Evaluation of Housing and Support Models
1. Neighbourhood Housing Information
The City of Winnipeg supports the creation of Neighbourhood Housing Plans by community stakeholders in order to build local capacity to undertake initiatives that revitalize housing in the area. The Plans also include survey data, mapping, and other information related to housing need in the community.
2. Housing Policies and Strategies
Municipalities in Manitoba have policies and/or strategies that guide their activities on housing.
3. Housing Market Data
4. Rooming House Research and Data
5. Assessment and Taxation Data
The City of Winnipeg provides data on the assessment value and taxation levels of properties across the city.
6. Evaluation of Housing and Support Models
1. Neighbourhood Housing Information
2. Housing Policies and Strategies
3. Housing Market Data
4. Rooming House Research and Data
5. Assessment and Taxation Data
6. Evaluation of Housing and Support Models
1. Neighbourhood Housing Information
The City of Winnipeg supports the creation of Neighbourhood Housing Plans by community stakeholders in order to build local capacity to undertake initiatives that revitalize housing in the area. The Plans also include survey data, mapping, and other information related to housing need in the community.
- Centennial Neighbourhood Housing Plan, 2014 - 2019
- Chalmers Neighborhood Housing Plan, 2015 - 2020
- Daniel MacIntyre/St. Matthews Housing Plan, 2013 - 2017
- Dufferin Neighbourhood Housing Plan, 2013 - 2018
- Spence Housing Plan, 2016-2021
- St. John’s Neighbourhood Housing Plan, 2015 - 2020
- West Broadway Community Housing Plan 2014 – 2019
- William Whyte Neighbourhood Housing Plan, 2013 - 2018
- Winnipeg Downtown Profile, 2017 – A Special Report on Demographic and Housing Market Factors in Winnipeg’s Downtown.
- Winnipeg Downtown Residential Development Strategy, 2011
2. Housing Policies and Strategies
Municipalities in Manitoba have policies and/or strategies that guide their activities on housing.
- Brandon Affordable Housing Strategy, 2013
- Thompson Economic Diversification Working Group Housing Action Plan, 2012
- Winnipeg Housing Policy, 2013
3. Housing Market Data
- Housing Market Information Portal: This Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Resource includes tables on New Housing Construction; Primary Rental Market; Secondary Rental Market; Seniors’ Rental Housing; Population, Households and Housing Stock; Core Housing Need.
- Rental Market Reports: Annual reports on number, vacancy rates, and average rents by size by province or major centre
- Seniors' Rental Housing: Canada, Provinces, and Metropolitan Areas: Number, vacancy rates and average rents for seniors’ rental housing from 2010-present
- Canadian Rental Housing Index: The Index is a comprehensive database that compiles rental housing statistics for cities, regions, and provinces across Canada. See how much rent Canadians are paying in different parts of the country, compare affordability measures and find out where residents are overcrowded and severely overspending on housing.
- Winnipeg and Manitoba Housing Data (2014) - Housing statistics for Winnipeg and Manitoba from a number of sources including Statistics Canada, CMHC, and the Province of Manitoba. (CCPA-MB).
- Building a Community Asset: The Ongoing Need for Social Housing in Manitoba (2016). A review of need and demand for social housing in Manitoba. (SPCW).
4. Rooming House Research and Data
- Observer-Rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS): Rooming House and Single Room Occupancy Edition (2015). This is a survey tool for tenants, case managers, community-based organizations, and property owners to assess the quality of a rooming house. (IUS).
- Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses: Change in the West Broadway and Spence Neighbourhoods (2014) - Documents the disappearance of rooming houses from two inner-city neighbourhoods. (IUS).
- Rooming Houses to Rooming Homes (2014) – The history and current status of rooming houses in Winnipeg with a summary of the West Broadway Rooming House Outreach Program designed to improve the lives of rooming house tenants. (CCPA-MB).
5. Assessment and Taxation Data
The City of Winnipeg provides data on the assessment value and taxation levels of properties across the city.
- City of Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation, List of all Assessment Parcels
- City of Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation, Map of all Assessment Parcels
- Additional information on Assessment and Taxation
- Additional information on the Winnipeg Open Data Portal
- Province of Manitoba Property Assessment website
- Province of Manitoba Assessment and Taxation, searchable database (search by Street, Roll, Lot and Plan number, and Section-Township ranges)
- Province of Manitoba Assessment and Taxation, map (downloadable to ArcGIS)
6. Evaluation of Housing and Support Models
- "They Can Live a Life Here: Current and Past Tenants' Experiences with IRCOM's Model of Housing and Wrap-Around Supports" (2019) - Case study of Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba's transitional housing model. (CCPA-MB).
- Here We're At Home: The WestEnd Commons Model of Subsidized Housing with Supports (2018) – A three year case study of the WestEnd Commons social and affordable housing complex. (CCPA-MB).
- Eviction Prevention: Toolkit of Promising Practices (2016). This toolkit and resource guide is intended to be a short and accessible guide for organizations wanting to help their tenants build long-term, stable tenancies. The toolkit provides a scan of tools used by organizations undertaking eviction prevention work — also known as housing retention or housing stabilization. (IUS).
- Summary Evaluation of The Madison Congregate Housing (2016) - Evaluated The Madison, an 85 unit congregate housing apartment located in Winnipeg Manitoba, using qualitative methods and a cost-comparison to the findings of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Study. (CCPA-MB).
- The Bell Hotel Supportive Housing Project: Early Outcomes and Learnings (2016) - A case study on the collaboration that led to the creation of the Bell Hotel Supportive Housing project in Winnipeg. (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness)
- Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Separating Myth from Reality (2015). This student paper provides an overview of the concept of mixed-income housing in Canada and uses the example of Winnipeg's Lord Selkirk Park revitalization as an example of successful redevelopment. (IUS).
- Holding On: Supporting Successful Tenancies for the Hard to House (2014). A review of housing retention practices across Canada with a model framework. (IUS).
This page provides links to Manitoba-based research and data on homelessness. For a wealth of information and research on homelessness across Canada, visit the Homeless Hub, which contains a library of over 30,000 resources.
This section is organized into the following categories of research/data:
1. Community Profiles on Homelessness
2. Indigenous Homelessness
3. Gender-Based Homelessness
4. Youth Homelessness
5. Plans to End Homelessness
6. Health and Homelessness
7. Homeless Service and Programs Evaluation
1. Community Profiles on Homelessness
2. Indigenous Homelessness
3. Gender-Based Homelessness
4. Youth Homelessness
5. Plans to End Homelessness
6. Health and Homelessness
7. Homeless Service and Program Evaluations
This section is organized into the following categories of research/data:
1. Community Profiles on Homelessness
2. Indigenous Homelessness
3. Gender-Based Homelessness
4. Youth Homelessness
5. Plans to End Homelessness
6. Health and Homelessness
7. Homeless Service and Programs Evaluation
1. Community Profiles on Homelessness
- Winnipeg Profile (2017) Population facts and statistics on Winnipeg.
- Thompson Profile (2017) Population facts and statistics on Thompson.
- Brandon Profile (2017) Population facts and statistics on Brandon.
2. Indigenous Homelessness
- Aboriginal Homelessness in Flin Flon Manitoba (2016) - This study attempts to contribute to our knowledge about urban Aboriginal homelessness with research on this issues in Flin Flon, Manitoba, a small northern mining community. (CCPA-MB).
- Moving to the City: Housing and Aboriginal Migration to Winnipeg (2014) A report documenting the challenges and experiences of Aboriginal people have finding housing in Winnipeg, and providing recommended solutions to ease the search. (CCPA-MB).
3. Gender-Based Homelessness
4. Youth Homelessness
- System Pathways into Youth Homelessness (2014). Explores the systemic factors contributing to youth living on the street or in various types of insecure shelter for prolonged periods of time. (SPCW).
5. Plans to End Homelessness
- The Plan to End Homelessness in Winnipeg (2014) - 30 women with experience in homelessness and 13 key informants were interviewed, and their responses were analyzed and presented in this paper.
- Here and Now: Winnipeg Plan to End Youth Homelessness (2016) - This plan intends to serve as a guide for government, funders and community members committed to ending youth homelessness.
- Brandon Plan to End Youth Homelessness: A Place to Call Home: Brandon’s Roadmap - An ambitious and bold set of recommendations to implement strategies to end youth homelessness.
6. Health and Homelessness
- The Winnipeg Street Health Report (2011) - The results of a survey on the health status of homeless people in Winnipeg. The findings focus on the physical and mental health status of homeless people, how they use health care and social services, and their experiences of accessing these systems. Where possible, this report compares the health of those surveyed with available information for the general population of the City of Winnipeg. (Main Street Project).
7. Homeless Service and Program Evaluations
- At Home in Winnipeg: Localizing Housing First as a Culturally Responsive Approach to Understanding and Addressing Urban Indigenous Homelessness (2018). This report focuses on Winnipeg’s model and governance structure of Housing First implementation. (IUS).
- Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Demonstration Project on the Efficacy of Housing First Programs in Winnipeg
- The At Home/Chez Soi Fact Sheets comprises a series of brief reports highlighting key features and themes of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First demonstration project in Winnipeg.
- #1 Overview
- #2 Research Instruments (Forthcoming)
- #3 Participant Demographics
- #4 Food Security
- #5 Participant Mobility
- #6 Housing Quality
- #7 Quality of Life
- Winnipeg Final Report: At Home/Chez Soi Project (2014) - Presents the results of the four-year study.
- At Home/Chez Soi Project Sustainability (2016) - The last Winnipeg Site Report covers the final period of the project when Sustainability of the project was being planned and implemented, and tells the sustainability story of the project.
- Additional information on the At Home/Chez Soi project.
- The At Home/Chez Soi Fact Sheets comprises a series of brief reports highlighting key features and themes of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First demonstration project in Winnipeg.
Housing Dashboards
In this section of the portal we will be publishing a number of interactive dashboards to support the exploration of housing trends in Winnipeg and across Manitoba using data from the 2016 Census.
Dashboard 1
Winnipeg Health Region Housing Statistics by Neighborhood and Community Area
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Winnipeg Health Region Housing Statistics by Neighborhood and Community Area
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Dashboard Instructions:
- Refine search: Click on the label for the community area to view only the neighborhoods that are part of the community area
- View underlying data: Hover the mouse over the chart to see the underlying data
- View additional statistics: To view different housing statistics, click on the tabs at the top of the dashboard.
- Re-set the Dashboard: To re-set the dashboard back to its original state, click on the Refresh Dashboard icon at the bottom of the screen
- Export Images: To export an image of the dashboard to use in a presentation or a report, there are two options:
- Use the Snipping Tool in Windows
- Click on the Download Image icon at the bottom of the screen. You can export the dashboard as a .png image file, an Adobe Acrobat pdf file, or as a Powerpoint (.ppt) file.