The provincial budget for 2025 is set to be announced soon.

Stephanie Hysert with the Canadian Mental Health Association in Thompson hopes to see financing for housing as a major component of the budget.

“The Right to Housing Coalition wants to ensure that the budget includes investments in ending homelessness and housing insecurity is a priority.”

Hysert shared that in Thompson there is effectively a zero per cent vacancy rate for social housing and that at least 250 such new units are needed for people experiencing homelessness,  and low-income households that are living in units that are unaffordable, in poor condition or over crowded.

Over 100 organizations across Manitoba have endorsed this call to action, including CMHA Thompson.

If your organization wishes to add their support, call the CMHA at 204-677-6051 or contact the right to housing coalition directly at provincial@righttohousing.ca.