Carney launches 10-year plan to end homelessness, starting in Winnipeg

Prime Minister Mark Carney promoted the federal government's second budget in Winnipeg on Nov. 6, using the visit to launch a national plan to end homelessness within 10 years. Winnipeg is set to be the first city to receive funding under the pledge.

Carney described the effort as a $30-billion co-ordinated national plan, according to The Globe and Mail. The total mixes new spending announced in the budget with the renewal of several existing programs. Budget 2026 includes the federal plan to end homelessness within 10 years.

Manitoba will receive $1 billion in new federal funding to build more than 2,000 new supportive and transitional homes. Supportive and transitional housing is intended for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The money will also pay for a new Winnipeg Centre for Mental Health and Addictions.

Carney spoke at the construction site of Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, an affordable housing project led by First Nations that will renovate Winnipeg's former Hudson's Bay building. He appeared in the city with Manitoba's New Democratic Party premier, Wab Kinew, to promote the plan.

The federal plan begins with a partnership in Manitoba, according to a news release on the Prime Minister's website.