YIMBY Winnipeg

For an affordable and sustainable Winnipeg that grows up, not out.

To this we say Yes, In My Backyard (YIMBY).

#YesInWpg

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

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[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Thanks so much to the folks who came out to the last Urbanist Hangout of the year! It's always great to see, new and familiar faces. We are looking forward to more Hangouts in 2026!

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

TOMORROW (Dec. 11th) join us at 7 PM for our LAST urbanist hangout of the year! There’s a lot of important housing and urbanist news we can talk about before the year wraps up.
We’ll be meeting at The Forks, mustering near the EQ 3 Lounge if space is available.

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Great op-ed by Daniel Leonard of Granite Members for Affordable Housing.

Municipal board needs oversight

https://t.co/5XjMQNH0DV

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Advance Voting is TODAY until the 16th.
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[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

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 https://t.co/5tkUdHOMLW
Election day is October 25th!
#wpgpoli #infill #winnipeg

[Manitoba Government @MBGov]

Today, Sept. 30, is #OrangeShirtDay – an important time to reflect on the tragic history and ongoing legacy of residential schools. Wear orange to honour Survivors and remember children who never returned home. https://t.co/q6LTpN66uT. #EveryChildMatters

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

NEW: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS

https://t.co/zBwnGEOAFd

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

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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[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Yes to deeply affordable homes on Granite!

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[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Congratulations on the end of exclusionary zoning in Winnipeg and other urban issues news.

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[Treaty One @treatyonenation]

Treaty One Nations welcomes Jason Whitford as our new Executive Director! Jason, from Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, brings 30+ years of experience serving Indigenous communities. We look forward to this new chapter of leadership and unity.

[Jimmy Scrambles 🇨🇦🇫🇮🎃 🐧 🦞 @RazzberryYams]

There is no density so gentle that nobody will mind the change. NIMBYs fear all change.

If you are a gentle density supporter you need to forcefully articulate the benefits of allowing gentle density, and not just on paper but enough to get it built at meaningful rates.

[Functional Transit Winnipeg @FTWinnipeg]

WHAT IS HAPPENING
Winnipeg transit is rolling out something called the Primary Transit Network which moves all of Winnipeg Transit from a route system (long routes in a loop) to what's called a spine and feeder, where a constant stream of buses moves up and down a main road

[Brent Bellamy @brent_bellamy]

@Bertrand_SK I didn’t know that. Parking minimums outside of downtown seem to be untouchable in Winnipeg. It’s annoying.

[Bertrand @Bertrand_SK]

This is about a year after #yxe did the same thing while also eliminating minimum parking requirements.

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

Councillor Mayes argues that since the feds have let the city water down the HAF amendments so far, restricting more and more lots, then further restrictions should be in the clear.

Zoning & land-use restrictions truly are death by a million cuts.

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

John Orlikow claims we already have affordable houses.

[YIMBY Winnipeg @YesInWpg]

City Council votes 11-4 in favour of Councillor Mayes' restrictive amendments (amendment motion one).