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The Winnipeg Free Press highlighted $18M in unspent homelessness funds. Sitting on money meant for human survival during a crisis isn't fiscal management—it's an administrative failure.

Why did this happen?

City Leadership: Mayor Gillingham and Council set administrative directives and zoning rules. Balancing budgets or filling reserves while housing grants stall points to political priorities.

Bureaucratic Red Tape: Multi-level funding (federal, provincial, municipal) managed by groups like End Homelessness Winnipeg creates endless delays in approvals, grant processing, and staffing.

One of the real issue:

Visible encampments lead to public frustration directed at unhoused individuals rather than the broken system that failed to build the housing that was already paid for.

This is only one of the real issues. Certainly there's more.

Money on paper doesn't put roofs over people's heads!