Social housing needs ignored, coalition claims:
The door is being slammed in the faces of many Winnipeggers in need of social housing, according to a group of local activists.
And with the federal election less than a week away, the Right to Housing Coalition wants voters to look at every party's position on housing before casting their ballots.
"Our disregard for thousands of people suffering from the housing crisis is a national embarrassment," said Clark Brownlee, the coalition's co-ordinator, yesterday.
"It's been shown that social housing solves homelessness and poverty."
He said the problem is compounded because curren...