Overview

• Ottawa has created Build Canada Homes to run modular builds in six cities and has assigned the new agency $13 billion.
• Winnipeg is slated to receive roughly 4,000 units at Naawi-Oodena, using a portion of the former Kapyong Barracks site that Canada Lands still owns.
• Manitoba’s government and the Winnipeg mayor’s office say they have little information, including who will manage the units and how “deeply affordable” will be defined.
• The city is assessing whether the program overlaps with its Housing Accelerator Fund, which has issued two $25 million rounds and ties further payments to performance metrics.
• Federal materials cited include a $1.5 billion rental protection fund and $1 billion for transitional and supportive housing, yet questions remain on unit quality, tenant arrangements and impact given Winnipeg’s estimated 2,000–3,000 unhoused residents.