Winnipeggers may have no choice but to follow Calgary’s example and take their fight to the courts

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In November 2023, Winnipeg’s City Council passed a motion to secure federal Housing Accelerator Funds. It was presented as a step towards solving the housing crisis, with a focus on increasing density in certain areas of the city.

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While the motion primarily centred around transforming mall parking lots and major corridors into housing spaces, some on council were uncomfortable with a key element: the federal government’s insistence that four-plexes be allowed on any residential lot in Winnipeg.

Councillor Brian Mayes has been vocal in his concerns pointing out that the original motion, while seeking to unlock federal dollars, included important conditions. Among these were the need for sufficient lot size and the existence of paved roads to allow for multi-unit developments. These were deliberate guardrails aimed at preventing an indiscriminate wave of four-plexes springing up in residential neighbourhoods without regard for their character or infrastructure capacity.

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