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Want to know the candidate's thoughts on Housing for the By-election in Elmwood East-Kildonan? We created a Questionnaire for all Candidates, find the Candidate's Questionnaire Responses at www.yesinwpg.com/2025/10/elmw...
Election day is October 25th!
#wpgpoli #infill #winnipeg
Election day is October 25th!
#wpgpoli #infill #winnipeg
Elmwood-East Kildonan Candidate Questionnaire - YIMBY Winnipeg
There is an upcoming Elmwood-East Kildonan by-election on October 25th, 2025. On October 8th, YIMBY Winnipeg sent out the following questionnaire to all candidates.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Want to know the candidate's thoughts on Housing for the By-election in Elmwood East-Kildonan? We created a Questionnaire for all Candidates, find the Candidate's Questionnaire Responses at www.yesinwpg.com/2025/10/elmw...
Election day is October 25th!
#wpgpoli #infill #winnipeg
Election day is October 25th!
#wpgpoli #infill #winnipeg
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
NEW: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS
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UPDATE: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS - YIMBY Winnipeg
The Property & Development Committee has just passed the buck and delayed the hearing on re-zoning for supportive homes until Nov. 6th. This means the lengthy process of developing supportive homes th...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS
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Peak Winnipeg Council Brain. We shouldn’t apply pressure on our own wound because someone with more resources should be doing it instead (never mind whether they get there before we bleed out)
Wyatt claims we "probably shouldn't" help out the Province on social housing. "They have more money", he insists.
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peak Winnipeg Council Brain. We shouldn’t apply pressure on our own wound because someone with more resources should be doing it instead (never mind whether they get there before we bleed out)
Councillor Russ Wyatt railing at Supportive Housing re-zoning because of "scale". He thinks these 15-25 unit supportive homes are "too big" for the predominantly single family house neighbourhoods some are set for. This despite generous 20 foot side yards.
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Councillor Russ Wyatt railing at Supportive Housing re-zoning because of "scale". He thinks these 15-25 unit supportive homes are "too big" for the predominantly single family house neighbourhoods some are set for. This despite generous 20 foot side yards.
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To be clear, we aren't building them... We are rezoning and contributing the land for the Province to build them, likely with the help of a development partner. Winnipeg, MB and supportive housing:
Warnings about homeless people and crime — countered by allegations of “un-neighbourly fear-mongering” — are being levelled as the city attempts to build supportive housing units in five Winnipeg neighbourhoods.
‘Fear-mongering’ plagues efforts on homelessness
Warnings about homeless people and crime — countered by allegations of “un-neighbourly fear-mongering” — are being levelled as the city attempts to build supportive housing units in five Winnipeg neighbourhoods.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
To be clear, we aren't building them... We are rezoning and contributing the land for the Province to build them, likely with the help of a development partner. Winnipeg, MB and supportive housing:
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(Under normal circumstances, with density, a couple of those sites could house many more, but these supportive projects are deliberately small in order to ensure sufficient attention/capacity from onsite staff & support service).
August 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
(Under normal circumstances, with density, a couple of those sites could house many more, but these supportive projects are deliberately small in order to ensure sufficient attention/capacity from onsite staff & support service).
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Someone offline raised the issue of "lost parking" to me. Pains me to reply to it, but we are talking about roughly a dozen slots once it all shakes out. In other words, every lost slot is housing 1-2 people.
August 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Someone offline raised the issue of "lost parking" to me. Pains me to reply to it, but we are talking about roughly a dozen slots once it all shakes out. In other words, every lost slot is housing 1-2 people.
Disappointing that fearmongering literature against much needed supportive homes is being distributed in River Heights.
Attend a City info session next week & sign up to speak/send written comments for the Sept. 12th hearing to SUPPORT supportive homes!
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Attend a City info session next week & sign up to speak/send written comments for the Sept. 12th hearing to SUPPORT supportive homes!
www.winnipeg.ca/supportiveho...
August 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Disappointing that fearmongering literature against much needed supportive homes is being distributed in River Heights.
Attend a City info session next week & sign up to speak/send written comments for the Sept. 12th hearing to SUPPORT supportive homes!
www.winnipeg.ca/supportiveho...
Attend a City info session next week & sign up to speak/send written comments for the Sept. 12th hearing to SUPPORT supportive homes!
www.winnipeg.ca/supportiveho...
Join the movement for an affordable and sustainable Winnipeg that grows up, not out.
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Get Email Updates + Contact Us - YIMBY Winnipeg
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August 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Touché. Build the affordable housing!
“Much has been made of the historic status of the Granite Curling Club as a building, including its 140 year existence. [But] it is highly unlikely Granite Curling Club operations depended on convenient vehicle access 140 years ago.” #Winnipeg
“Much has been made of the historic status of the Granite Curling Club as a building, including its 140 year existence. [But] it is highly unlikely Granite Curling Club operations depended on convenient vehicle access 140 years ago.” #Winnipeg
August 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Touché. Build the affordable housing!
“Much has been made of the historic status of the Granite Curling Club as a building, including its 140 year existence. [But] it is highly unlikely Granite Curling Club operations depended on convenient vehicle access 140 years ago.” #Winnipeg
“Much has been made of the historic status of the Granite Curling Club as a building, including its 140 year existence. [But] it is highly unlikely Granite Curling Club operations depended on convenient vehicle access 140 years ago.” #Winnipeg
Congratulations on the end of exclusionary zoning in Winnipeg and other urban issues news.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations on the end of exclusionary zoning in Winnipeg and other urban issues news.
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Treaty One Nations Welcomes New Executive Director Jason Whitford – Treaty One
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August 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Councillor Orlikow says "I don't believe in as-of-right". Orlikow also seems to argue that changes zoning rules to allow more different types of homes in more places is enforcing uniformity.
June 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Councillor Orlikow says "I don't believe in as-of-right". Orlikow also seems to argue that changes zoning rules to allow more different types of homes in more places is enforcing uniformity.
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Rough map of estimate for lots affected by new restrictions coming from Councillor Mayes' successful Amendment Motion 1.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Rough map of estimate for lots affected by new restrictions coming from Councillor Mayes' successful Amendment Motion 1.
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Rough estimate of the impact of Amendment Motion 1 Winnipeg City Council voted to water down HAF zoning changes.
This is on top of existing dilutions already done in the past, such as lower height limits & restricting multifamily around rivers & specific creeks.
This is on top of existing dilutions already done in the past, such as lower height limits & restricting multifamily around rivers & specific creeks.
By my calculations, the amendment reduces as-of-right units from 4 to 1 for over 9000 properties.
June 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Rough estimate of the impact of Amendment Motion 1 Winnipeg City Council voted to water down HAF zoning changes.
This is on top of existing dilutions already done in the past, such as lower height limits & restricting multifamily around rivers & specific creeks.
This is on top of existing dilutions already done in the past, such as lower height limits & restricting multifamily around rivers & specific creeks.
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Amazing to see so many articulate young people speaking out for their future today.
Winnipeg City Council hearing to allow higher density housing as part of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund.
“This is not a radical new idea but a return to the way our most beloved neighbourhoods were built”
Winnipeg City Council hearing to allow higher density housing as part of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund.
“This is not a radical new idea but a return to the way our most beloved neighbourhoods were built”
June 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing to see so many articulate young people speaking out for their future today.
Winnipeg City Council hearing to allow higher density housing as part of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund.
“This is not a radical new idea but a return to the way our most beloved neighbourhoods were built”
Winnipeg City Council hearing to allow higher density housing as part of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund.
“This is not a radical new idea but a return to the way our most beloved neighbourhoods were built”
City Council votes 11-4 in favour of Councillor Mayes' restrictive amendments (amendment motion one) to water down bylaw changes to allow more multi-family homes.
![5(2) Despite anything else in this By-law, the minimum lot width for a 3-unit dwelling in an
R1, R2, or RMF-S zoning district is:
(a) 35 feet for an interior lot or corner lot, other than a wedge lot, where the lot abuts
a paved public lane at the rear of the lot;
(b) 50 feet for a corner lot that does not abut a paved public lane at the rear of the lot
and that is accessed by a side approach; and
(c) [60 feet replaced by 65 feet] in any other instance.
5(3) Despite anything else in this By-law, the minimum lot width for a 4-unit dwelling in an
R1, R2 or RMF-S zoning district is:
(a) 50 feet where the lot:
(i) abuts a paved public lane at the rear of the lot; or
(ii) is a corner lot that does not abut a paved public lane at the rear of the lot
and that is accessed by a side approach; and
(b) [60 feet replaced with 65 feet] in any other instance
Front approach driveways
11(1) Subject to subsection (2), the minimum lot width for a front approach driveway is [60 feet replaced with 65 feet].
11(2) Despite subsection (1), the minimum lot width for a front approach driveway is 50 feet
where the lot is used for a two-family dwelling.
11(3) Front approach driveways must not exceed 10 feet in width between the front façade
of any primary building and the front property line of the lot.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zdvfhtra4iwvw2srkr2k4o2v/bafkreifigosrn7xpdx7y4ml37ed3rltjbt7lexqtc7k5rklsxmy5hrg6pq@jpeg)
June 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
City Council votes 11-4 in favour of Councillor Mayes' restrictive amendments (amendment motion one) to water down bylaw changes to allow more multi-family homes.
Today is the day! It's the Public Hearing for the potential Infill zoning changes in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg City Council Meeting - SPECIAL MEETING - 2025 06 02
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June 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is the day! It's the Public Hearing for the potential Infill zoning changes in Winnipeg.
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TOMORROW is our monthly Urbanist Hangout where we connect on all things urban issues and Winnipeg. Come stop by the Forks and say hello!
We'll be focusing on the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. Have you registered? Deadline is FRIDAY May 30th at 12pm! www.winnipeg.ca/building-dev...
We'll be focusing on the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. Have you registered? Deadline is FRIDAY May 30th at 12pm! www.winnipeg.ca/building-dev...
May 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
TOMORROW is our monthly Urbanist Hangout where we connect on all things urban issues and Winnipeg. Come stop by the Forks and say hello!
We'll be focusing on the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. Have you registered? Deadline is FRIDAY May 30th at 12pm! www.winnipeg.ca/building-dev...
We'll be focusing on the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. Have you registered? Deadline is FRIDAY May 30th at 12pm! www.winnipeg.ca/building-dev...
Brian Pincott @bpincott.bsky.social is an advocate for better transit, affordable housing, climate action, poverty & harm reduction. Watch his delegation from the fall of 2023 in support of the Housing Accelerator Fund and how Winnipeg needs to act to address the housing crisis. youtu.be/_oRREzd-Ncg
The History and hopeful Future of Winnipeg's housing crisis (Ft Brian Pincott)
YouTube video by YIMBY Winnipeg
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May 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Brian Pincott @bpincott.bsky.social is an advocate for better transit, affordable housing, climate action, poverty & harm reduction. Watch his delegation from the fall of 2023 in support of the Housing Accelerator Fund and how Winnipeg needs to act to address the housing crisis. youtu.be/_oRREzd-Ncg
Friend of YIMBY Wpg @tyler-crichton-wpg.bsky.social was a delegate to City Council in support of their rezoning plans to support the Housing Accelerator Fund in Winnipeg! Register to delegate for the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. winnipeg.ca/infillhousing
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Telling the Mayor and Council we APPROVE of their plans! (Ft @tyler-crichton-wpg)
YouTube video by YIMBY Winnipeg
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May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Friend of YIMBY Wpg @tyler-crichton-wpg.bsky.social was a delegate to City Council in support of their rezoning plans to support the Housing Accelerator Fund in Winnipeg! Register to delegate for the upcoming Public Hearing on June 2nd. winnipeg.ca/infillhousing
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Why can't you afford to live where you grew up? The latest @strongtowns.org video perfectly encapsulates what Winnipeggers are facing. On June 2nd, the City of Winnipeg has a Public Hearing to hopefully update our exclusionary zoning bylaws. Register to delegate! www.winnipeg.ca/infillhousing
Why You Can’t Afford to Live Where You Grew Up (and how we can fix it)
YouTube video by Strong Towns
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May 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Why can't you afford to live where you grew up? The latest @strongtowns.org video perfectly encapsulates what Winnipeggers are facing. On June 2nd, the City of Winnipeg has a Public Hearing to hopefully update our exclusionary zoning bylaws. Register to delegate! www.winnipeg.ca/infillhousing
Edmonton is reaping the financial benefits of infill. Cash-strapped Winnipeg, with strained budgets & services, needs to follow suit.
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Since 2015, building inwards contributes +$263 million in property taxes in mature neighbourhoods alone
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May 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Edmonton is reaping the financial benefits of infill. Cash-strapped Winnipeg, with strained budgets & services, needs to follow suit.
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