Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 4:13 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 | Updates JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS West Broadway Community Organization housing co-ordinator Ella Rockar recommends tenants learn as much as possible about the regulations regarding eviction and what protections are in place for renters. A pandemic is a tough time to be a renter, and it was already difficult being one before COVID-19 started. Winnipeg Free Press A pandemic is a tough time to be a renter, and it was already difficult being one before COVID-19 started. Over the past 10 months, renters in Manitoba — whose median household income before taxes is less than half that of homeowners — have faced tenuous conditions, with thousands losing paid work and facing potential evictions because of it.