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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join the movement for an affordable and sustainable Winnipeg that grows up, not out.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · 21h

Advance Voting is TODAY until the 16th.
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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · 21h

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 www.yesinwpg.com/2025/10/elmw...
Election day is October 25th!
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Elmwood-East Kildonan Candidate Questionnaire - YIMBY Winnipeg

There is an upcoming Elmwood-East Kildonan by-election on October 25th, 2025. On October 8th, YIMBY Winnipeg sent out the following questionnaire to all candidates.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 16d

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

PP&D meeting in paragraph form:

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UPDATE: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS - YIMBY Winnipeg

The Property & Development Committee has just passed the buck and delayed the hearing on re-zoning for supportive homes until Nov. 6th. This means the lengthy process of developing supportive homes th...

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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UPDATE: Property & Development Committee DELAYS proposal for supportive homes MONTHS - YIMBY Winnipeg

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Peak Winnipeg Council Brain. We shouldn’t apply pressure on our own wound because someone with more resources should be doing it instead (never mind whether they get there before we bleed out)

YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wyatt claims we "probably shouldn't" help out the Province on social housing. "They have more money", he insists.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Delays rezoning for supportive homes until November 6th, delaying the projects months.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Looks like the PP&D committee is going to adjourn the public hearing (i.e. delay the process of developing supportive housing two months and skip out on everyone waiting in the Council gallery and Zoom room to delegate).

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Chair Duncan is leaning to adjournment, i.e. skipping out on the delegations and hearing back in months.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Chair Duncan wants the Province to come back with detailed outline of how many occupants of each site are using each service (i.e. counselling).

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Councillor Wyatt goes on railing against Province, adds "I'm a supporter of Wab's".

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Civil Servant notes the PP&D rezoning should consider use, not user. Notes that when the real estate branch comes back for deposition and programmatic decisions, that will examined.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Civil Servant notes the turnaround for external appraisals is six to eight weeks.

Other Civil Servant notes that due to provincial process, it will likely take longer. Probably 3 months.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

PP&D Committee Chair Duncan musing about delaying until late October.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Real risk the PP&D Committee is going to stall supportive housing, delaying everything months.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Councillor Wyatt moves motion to adjourn (i.e. not hearing everyone signed up for the public hearing) to "get more information".

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Councillor Santos asks if the City adorned for a month could the Civil Service get the land values. Civil Servant notes there's no way to way to get those appraisal in 30 days, maybe 60 days.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wyatt says as Board of Directors for a Corporation, Council must act to get the highest and best use of the land. Wants to sell the land for highest and best use.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wyatt says the City is "ultimately not a level of government, but a corporation". Says City has "assets and liabilities". One of the assets is land, he adds.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Councillor Duncan is suggesting Property & Planning Committee adorn and come back at a later time regarding rezoning for supportive homes.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Councillor Wyatt claims the highest and best use on Plessis is not supportive homes. Muses that a strip mall could generate more revenue.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Civil Servant notes the city did rough estimations on value of property. In total, all five sites amount to $1.1 million.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wyatt claims we "probably shouldn't" help out the Province on social housing. "They have more money", he insists.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wyatt wants an independent evaluation and appraisal of the City-owned properties for sale on the private market & highest and best use.

Thinks City could get more money selling the city-owned land at the proposed sites.

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YIMBY Winnipeg @yesinwpg.bsky.social · Sep 12

Civil Servant notes that Council will have to approve the sale or lease of City-owned lands, which will include the selection of non-profit operators for the social homes.

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