National Housing Day Celebrated in Winnipeg

Government partners of the Winnipeg Housing and Homelessness Initiative (WHHI) commemorated National Housing Day on Thursday, November 22, 2007. Since the WHHI was established in 2000, the Governments of Canada, Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg have committed more than $99 million and created over 4,000 housing units in Winnipeg. National Housing Day is an opportunity to recognize the progress being made to address housing and homelessness issues in Canada, and Winnipeg. The WHHI works with partners and levels of Government towards the redevelopment of the inner city neighbourhoods and the creation of safe, affordable, and quality housing for those residents of Winnipeg who need it most. National Housing Day is a day of celebration for recognizing WHHI, ;the efforts of housing providers, home builders, lenders, property managers, real estate agents and governments, in providing quality affordable housing. It celebrates successful housing projects and the benefit to neighborhoods, and it recognizes the ongoing need for affordable housing for the homeless, those at risk of becoming homeless and those living in inadequate housing. The WHHI is a partnership established by the Government of Canada, the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg to address homelessness, declining housing stock and the revitalization of Winnipeg's older neighborhoods.