Families have returned to Manitoba Housing’s Beliveau Road apartment complex following a $7.6 million renewal project by the provincial government.
The housing complex, located in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of St. Vital, consists of 60 family units in three walk-up apartment buildings.
“These newly renovated housing units will give more families a safe, comfortable place to call home,” says Housing and Community Development Minister, Kerri Irvin-Ross. “Renovating Manitoba Housing units also helps build strong local communities and creates jobs, growing our economy.”
The apartment improvements include the development of open living and dining areas and the addition of modernized kitchens. The renovated complex also features six new accessible units, which include wheelchair accessible bathrooms and wider doorways.
Over the next three years, the Manitoba government will invest $100 million annually to redevelop the housing units in its portfolio, says Irvin-Ross. An additional $34 million will be dedicated annually to repair existing stock and provide quality home environments for tenants.
The province will also build 500 more social housing units and 500 more affordable rental units during the next three years. This is in addition to the 1,500 social housing and 1,500 affordable housing units that are on schedule for 2014. In the 2013 provincial budget, it was announced there will also be an annual increase of $6.3 million in RentAid shelter benefits.
