Housing Supply
C ostly materials, supply chain slow- downs and high labour costs are, of course, as prevalent here as they are in most other jurisdictions across Canada and the globe itself. But Manitoba has its own set of obstacles. “We’ve been faring pretty well, especially when you look at what’s been happening in other markets,” says Lanny McInnes, president and CEO of the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association, a non-profit trade asso- ciation that educates its members, the public and all levels of government about the prov- ince’s housing industry. “We have our own challenges as well.” Uniquely Manitoban hurdles include a need for more growth enabling infrastruc- tures, bureaucratic roadblocks such as zoning restrictions and dated permit requirements,
and NIMBYism — an acronym, Not in My Back Yard, that refers to residents who are opposed to development in their neighbourhoods. Thankfully, McInnes does have some suggestions for resolving these issues — and has hope that many solutions are already in the works. The City of Brandon, for example, invested $50.3 million in water and wastewater infra- structure in its 2026 budget to pave the way for more housing. In Winnipeg, McInnes says the MHBA supports the need to have all three levels of government contribute and commit to completing a much-needed upgrade of the North End Wastewater Plant. “That has to be a key infrastructure invest- ment allowing both our population and our economy to grow.”
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