Housing advocates in Winnipeg warn low-barrier options for people with mental health and addictions issues are becoming harder to find, as buildings that served vulnerable people are put up for sale or burn down.
A low-income West End apartment building that was plagued with problems is now up for sale months after residents were forced out due to failed safety inspections, but housing advocates worry it could mean even fewer spots for those who desperately need them.
Some now-displaced residents of the Adanac Apartments building in Winnipeg's West End have found new places with Manitoba Housing, while others remain in homeless encampments or otherwise unaccounted for since the building's closure.