The Manitoba Government is providing $12-million in grant funding to 10 municipalities, including Dauphin and Portage la Prairie.
The grant funding is going towards the housing needs of vulnerable Manitobans, and affordable housing initiatives.
City Manager, Sharla Griffiths says the City of Dauphin is pleased to be included in this funding, and will be receiving $714,600.
Families Minister Rochelle Squires says lower income families have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and adds “this funding will enable and empower our municipal partners to help those who face barriers to housing in their communities.”
Each of the 10 municipalities getting funding get to choose how to address its objectives for housing affordability and development, an approach that Squires says enables the municipalities to leverage additional sources of funding if they want.
The City of Dauphin will be devising the methods to use the money in the coming weeks.
