Eleven projects in Winnipeg that are the first recipients of a federally funded program are expected to create 1,135 new housing units.
More than half of the units, 597, are “affordable” housing, and 613 will be downtown.
The federal and city governments announced the recipients of the housing accelerator fund capital grant program Thursday. The 11 projects will receive a total of $25 million.
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The former Parkview Place long-term care home at 440 Edmonton St. will be converted into a residential complex with 180 units.
The city received 66 grant applications for a total of about $160 million in funding. The City of Winnipeg plans to announce more capital grant opportunities in the coming months pending direction from council, a Thursday news release said.
In December, the federal and city governments announced $122.4 million to fast-track the development of 3,166 new housing units — including at least 931 affordable housing units ‚ by 2027.
“These grants are a critical investment in our city’s housing market,” Mayor Scott Gillingham said in the release. “By focusing on affordable and downtown housing, we’re addressing urgent needs and helping create a more inclusive, vibrant Winnipeg.”
The 11 projects are:
- A vacant, 13-storey commercial building and former long-term care home at 440 Edmonton St. that will be converted into a residential complex with 180 units
- A new development with 165 units at 530 St. Mary Avenue. & 252 Good St.
- A new development at 145 Transcona Blvd. with 154 units designed to house families and people with disabilities experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness
- A Shoal Lake 40 First Nation development with 150 units at the site of a former restaurant at 2675 Portage Ave.
- A parking lot at 346 Pacific Ave. being converted into 128 units of housing
- A total of 128 units as part of the Market Lands development
- A largely vacant commercial building at 125 Garry St. that will be converted into a mixed-use apartment building with 126 units
- Apartments at 228 King St. and 261 Princess St. with 54 units
- A 23-unit transitional housing development for Indigenous youth in the North End
- A 15-unit transitional housing development for Inuit women and women with children who are escaping domestic violence
- A 15-unit transitional housing development for Indigenous and newcomer women, two-spirit, trans and non-binary people who have experienced domestic violence
“These 11 projects will provide more Winnipeggers with safe, affordable homes and contribute to the economic vitality of downtown Winnipeg,” Winnipeg MP Dan Vandal, the minister responsible for PrairiesCan, said in the release.
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