These developments have raised fresh concerns for Right to Housing about the role of government subsidies to support private for profit developers in the construction of rental housing. [...] While Right to Housing supports some of the promised outcomes of the proposed development, such as the creation of some lower cost rental housing as well as community amenities including an as yet undefined community space, the escalating demands from the proponent for public support raise questions and concerns about the overall public benefit of the proposal. [...] If social housing is in the hands of private developers, access will be based not on the needs of the community, but on the requirements of profit. [...] of tax dollars and poorly directed towards the funding of affordable housing.4 Whatever its value in supporting the construction of rental housing more broadly, this fund is not well designed to meet the needs of low income households seeking more affordable housing. [...] This would make it more challenging for Manitoba to meet the goals set out in the agreement of preserving all of the social housing in the province and increasing it by 15%.
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