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- The Manwin Hotel in Winnipeg has been a hub for drugs and violence. It was the scene of two homicides in the last year.
But with a lack of housing, it’s also become a last resort for the city’s vulnerable population.
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Anybody who's charging rent has an obligation to provide livable conditions to their tenants.
The owner has not complied and what are the consequences….. apparently none
@@carolhowson228 they don't have enough money for this city to care about them. Especially the fact they're native in this case.
Or you could move. If nobody moved in and everyone moved out guess what would happen? He would clean it up and make it livable. Because he would have to. Develop a spine. Stop being such a wuss depending on the government like a baby. Of course that requires some discipline. Like not drinking yourself into unconsciousness, not experimenting with drugs because you never know what is laced with Fentanyl, so don't take a chance. Like working for your money instead of leaning on the government your whole life. You'll feel better making money yourself.
Anyone renting has an obligation to not destroy a landlords property or they deserve to be homeless.
This needs to be talked about more public so thank you for the efforts!
My hometown..makes me sad but happy there's still good people there helping. Chi Miigwetch ❤
prayers for everyone, our brothers and sisters, this is so sad 😢
Powerful stories. Breaks my heart. Instead of giving billions in foreign aid how about we build hospitals/ treatment centers and transitional housing for our brothers & sisters in the struggle.
Ask your chief and councillors 😂😂
What an egalitarian suggestion.
@@Ron-j3t No one is free when others are oppressed.
That’s up to your people after all the money hits the chiefs. Clearly to many oro0e literally think money grows on trees but agree our PM should never ever have given 15,000 to Ukrainians upon landing plus free housing plus food plus jobs! That’s disgusting when it can go to this. Be angry with the PM, Cheids and Ukrainians taking the money
The money we spend on war!
addiction drinking happened to me i ended up homeless in edmonton for 5 years now im not cause i changed my thinking and was tired...Prayers
10:38 walks down hallway and drops trash. Doesn't pick it up . Part of the problem.
It was stuck under his foot
I work around there and it is so dangerous to be around people that do not have nothing to lose.
If your local MP wouldn’t live there, neither should anyone else! Stand strong, rally to protest again, and keep doing it until a change takes place.
@@Kerrwo said very well thank you for the support
@@SerenityCommunityGroup No community should settle for less, and living in fear is not acceptable.
I'm almost positive, you meant, "those who have nothing to lose!" There's a difference, but your point, nonetheless is well taken!
*do have nothing to lose
This is so tragic and I am so sad watching this. Unacceptable that anyone lives in these conditions! Truly heartbreaking and WRONG.
One of the biggest problems in Winnipeg is meth addiction, so many people who live in places like the Manwin have serious addictions that consume their lives, to the point that they no longer care about the conditions they live in, meaning they are unlikely to complain or report conditions to authorities. The city knows the owner of the Manwin has previously failed to comply with repair orders, so why do they have to wait until more complaints come in? This is why there are so many places like the Manwin, the New West, the Yale, etc. The owners know residents are unlikely to complain so they take advantage of that and do nothing about the situation because there are virtually no consequences. It's pretty sickening.
$600 a month???!!!! My jaw DROPPED. That place needs to be closed down IMMEDIATELY and the poor people staying there need to be rehoused at the expense of the government.
why? The government is the people. The government doesn't have its own money, it takes it from tax payers. Why is it my obligation to house somebody else. Should you be forced to provide for me too?
@ Yes I should lol. Our tax dollars get wasted on ridiculousness, I’d much rather spend the small amount it would take to get these people into secure housing. Considering the government is dropping the ball by even allowing people to live in places like this? Yes it should be their responsibility. It’s OUR responsibility as human beings to take care of one another.
@@hnnh1997 bring someone into your house. You're a great example.
Yeah Canada is now full of selfish ppl CP every person for himself
It's a sad situation and it's sad 😢 I have too many bad experiences but I am trying to rise above this I pray for those stuck in these situations. I often walk there also.
How does the government not help these homeless people but the people from other countries come here and housing right away.
They get free money and more in thd states the illegal immigrants.....especially now in Chicago while poor Americans freeze in winter and starve
It's sick
People r being replaces all over the world
It's all by design
A fair question, but you're conflating two different government programs!...🤷🏽♂️
Same thing is happening all over the world, like here in Scotland, but the reality is, you can only help people who want to be helped, many homeless don't want to be helped, therefore they stay on the street anyway.
Yep the Ukrainians got 15,000 upon landing here plus free housing plus food they like to keep that quiet so who should we be angry at?
I used to drink at this hotel when it was the National Hotel in the late 1960s to the early 1970s..it was rough at times..I still have the scars from being attacked...
Yea well they Report it and they Loose their home. its a Sh..y situation. These Slum Lords should be charged with neglect of a building.
So it's the slumlords punching holes in walls and leaving needles all over the place? Lmfao
I'm all for helping people in need 100% but I also believe that we need to do our best and be responsible for ourselves. We cannot depend on Governments to feed us and cloth us or to put a roof over our heads. Education and jobs are essential to a secure life. I understand that as indigenous people, finding work is tough so we need to work harder than other people and do better in proving ourselves. Instead of giving up, try harder. It's like this for most people regardless of race, there will be competition for every job. Giving up and feeling sorry for ourselves isn't doing anyone any good. Drug and alcohol treatment centers are everywhere but you must want to get sober. Getting sober and staying sober is another battle on it's own. But man is it worth it. Indigenous people have been programmed to depend on the government via welfare system. Although assistance does help when people fall on hard times it shouldn't be a permanent solution. I strongly believe the welfare system was first created to control the indigenous population by the government, I feel that it is no longer used this way. We should want to be independent and be in control of our own lives. Our health and happiness is in our own hands. The government is not responsible for us so why wait for them to do something that we are fully capable of doing. taking care of ourselves. Besides, have they ever done anything good for the indigenous community? Can the indigenous community trust the government? Nope! We can't expect the enemy to take care of us. That is just insane to think this would work in our favor. They tried killing off native people but we are still here. We are better than this and we are capable of getting up every morning and going to work so we have nutritious food and a home to call our own. We are capable of seeking help when we need it. I understand that there are people suffering from severe mental health issues and will need all the government assistance they can get for their entire life and they should receive all the help. We need to stop having that victim mentality and realize that we are survivors... Not victims. we suffered a lot at the hands of other people so why are we carrying that pain and hurting ourselves? Think it's time to give ourselves and our families the life that we deserve. Our lives, our responsibility. My humble opinion.
Howsa
Well said.
Well said.
Hard to recover from sexual abuse male , female . White , Aboriginal or black , chances are you never recover .
the welfare system was put into place by the Government during Canada's depression. It was going to be eradicated 3 years later but kept it in place anyways
A house and a home are two different entities.... 😮
Gross. 600 hundred dollers a month for that rundown hotel? They should be fixing up the building. Or close that place down!!.
$571 if utilities included. Heat and water. Try to find a rental for under $900.
Love and Light to all these beautiful people who deserve better…. this is shameful that we let human beings suffer in this unnecessary manner… I’m embarrassed to be Canadian
Why not clean up the apartment you're living in ?
This all is such a complicated issue. Addiction to drugs and alcohol is a huge issue. And it stems from deeper issues.
Its like complainig about the garbage in your community, but never volunteering to do street cleanup.
True! They keep reserves like this then come to city and act the same no one can help those that refuse it. Something as simple as cleaning up is something not understood to most of them. We can’t help
Not very encouraging..
@@youngmush9879 what encouragement do you need little one? Clean, work and be a good neighbour it’s not hard. Respect is EARNED never given. We are not babysitters anymore
@derekpam7149 little one lolol.. my comment was in direct correlation to the oringinal poster's yt channel name and had nothing to do with you or the notion behind what you've responded out of turn to me with. Showed your cards a little early, boss.
Im in Winnipeg now working and it’s a very depressing place to be. May god shed some light on this land.
How is that hotel remotely legal?
Ever seen reserve houses? Same thing but fix it up it’s broken the next day. I suggest you drive thru the reserves take a look. Can’t fix this issue
Occasionally they get fixed. Not for long. Part of the reason is attitude. I have nothing. I have no one. I'm angry, pissed off. Someone is hidding something so I will break open doors and windows. It's not mine so what do I care.
What the hell..??? Manitoba with an ndp govt and a native premier and this situation not being addressed.
Why isnt the province taking over the manwin and turning it into something like the bell?
Everyone deserves Affordable housing, But everyone Has to take personal responsibility....
What does that mean? You taking responsibility for Genocide & Aparthied here or you just flappin your gums 😅😅
Anyone born after 1980 has 0 responsibility for this.
@@sportsfan4153 i think the fckn hotel owners have responsibility. don't you?
...since you clearly don't know this, I'll give you the heads up; people lost in drug addiction, aren't equipped to take personal responsibility choices! It's an oxymoron! Its why the government doesn't allow (ideally!) drug addicts, to care for children! The government does nothing however, to provide necessary resources, for these people to access! Middle class folks, who have no idea of the width, & breath, these situations, or who look the other way, don't often see fit, to have their tax $$$ spent in an amount that would be needed, to properly provide recovery, for most of those affected, by what is basically, governments failure to deny entry of the very drugs causing this situation in the first place! 🤷🏽♂️
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Homelessness in winterpeg is no joke,even a death sentence
These people are forced to live in conditions that aren't suitable for animals. How revolting that this occurs in one of the richest countries in the world.
Canada is NOT one of the richest countries in the world. So far, it has maintained that illusion by borrowing ever more money. The only reason most of Canada does not resemble some hell-hole in Sub-Saharan Africa is because 27.5 million Canadians work hard, pay taxes and strive to give their children a better start in life than they had.
Canada isn't rich and it's getting worse every day
nobody is forced to live in these conditions, they created the condition at least to some degree, they choose to live in a pile of garbage, graffitti ,drugs, alcohol etc, to have a better life one must personally take some responsibility to create one, try cleaning up after yourselves for once, grab a sponge, get some paint, actually work to strive for better,,,,,but government or taxpayers it would seem are responsible to babysit these losers and care for them every day, under my watch the building would be demolished and you would be on the street cause you show zero effort to succeed in life the first place.
Yes indeed but did you see the cat was living inside too. Iyaayo
I was homeless in downtown Winnipeg. I seen the most horrible event that goes beyond human comprehension and explanation of what mmiw go through
So when every Canadian is charged a certain amount of tax that the government then Forks over to aboriginals Why don't they use that money to help their own Who are struggling in the city... ?
How many times have you ever seen a situation, that involves the human component, that was solved by $$$??? What is needed, is services! Stop w the $$$!!! It's services that are needed!...🙄😒 It doesn't take a genius to figure this out! ..proof? I figured it out!..
A relative of mine was beaten to death near the Manwin. Winnipeg has a long history of these types of hotels: the Windsor, the Winnipeg, Woodbine, Maclaren, and on and on.
Its unfortunate that the band won't step in and help get the members off the street into care
$$$$$$$$$...🤷🏽♂️
At what point do u people start stepping in and helping urselves instead of constantly begging for ur band and government to come hold ur hand ? Jesus
Wow. This was a great report. Learned a lot about the situation there.
How is this lady saying “they can make a report” with a straight face. 😂🙏🏽🙏🏽😩
That's what I said! 🤣
Honest question: Why not stay on reserve where the government has provided housing? If you move to the city with no plan bad might happen.
I never thought squalor could be so expensive 😢
All the new Canadians coming in we don’t have enough room maybe?
In the context of affordable housing, social services and hospitals etc…not land mass. Are you suggesting we should drop off new immigrants in middle of the bush? LoL
It sucks , but drug users need to want to get better.. because if you want to help why would need to have help.. so the person needs , and have to want it
Suspect many users are trying to self medicate past trauma > PTSD, that's how their 'helping' themselves...
Therapy begins with admitting of All that past Grief
These are homes for mentally ill, foster kids aged out ,apartment that are being closed due to fire or structural damaged apartment blocks etc
oh yes. desire really makes a property owner get to work! stop being so stupid!!! a tenant cannot fix another persons property. and how can they? if they had money they would probably be living somewhere else. the PROPERTY OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY. what part of that is so hard to understand?
God Bless everyone reading this 🙏🙌
Heartbreaking 😔 that our relatives have to live like this!!!!!
The owner is pulling in almost a quarter of a million dollars in rent every year. Yet he forces the tenants to live like animals without even basic necessities or safety standards. Disgusting person to exploit the most vulnerable.
The York in Edmonton was the same way back in the day 1980s
Where I am on the west coast of b.c Canada there is housing and more for those on the streets, and I agree that no one deserves to be on the street, and that building is just gross, housin in b.c is much better, but sadly similar issues still remain tennants are still doing drugs overdosing and dying..
Stop blaming others and start holding people accountable.
If you acct like animals, you get treated like animals.
Handouts wont help. Its a question of uselessness.
Natives need to stop asking and start acting.
The owners don't piss in the halls
The owners don't litter the place with drugs
The owners don't break everything
No owner wants a building like this; its because of the tenants.
Well now I know where to go for a good time in winterpeg! How the fk can that place be open?
Who owns the Manwin Hotel....?
Akim Kambamba
Eia is a joke as well! What they allow for rent no one can afford much more, It's sickening!
Grew up in Winnipeg. Those hotels have been around for 30 yrs like that. It hurts your heart to see people abandoned by government while we live on stolen land. Then our sisters and people get stolen. What can be worse? So many problems and they need solutions. It's been more then 30 yrs.
Thanks for acknowledging that Canadians live on stolen land
You can't help people who do t want help. Some, If you house them they go back to the street by choice.
WHY are first nations NOT helping their people???
Where is all the money from Government issued Cows and Plows payments going????
What we need tipi's, elders to teach traditional way of living.... homeless do share a sense of community, its the tradition they share that needs cleansing.... For spiritual purposes, the tipi's entrance faces the East and the back faces the West. This is to symbolize the rising and setting of the sun and the cardinal directions. The tipi's poles stretch high into the sky as a connection with the Creator and are firmly planted on the ground as a connection to the Earth.... the manwin front enterance chews u up and the back door sh¡ts u out 😮
If the Tipi was the answer most would be on their reserve, but their NOT!
@@brendachauhan3227 foreskin.....
Ur solution is to build more tipis ?!?! Hahahahahahaha
It doesn't matter how much money you put into the homeless shelters. The directors and their friends get paid first. If they fix homelessness then there would be no more funding and the directors wouldn't have a job anymore.
Stop blaming others for your problems! People who never lift a finger to help themselves, be responsible for you own lives!
This is ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE , People shouldn't have to live like this!!! Animal shelters treat animals better than Winnipeg treats these people. SHAME TO THE MANITOBA GOVERNMENT, SHAME TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
I’m there everyday I’m grateful and thankful for my room at the royal Albert and that my work in
transcona lets me afford it’s rent of 700$ per month but by being there in skid row gives
humbleness and a reason to persevere.
89 Percent of the landlord's are Slumlords in Winnipeg alone
Hindus?
The MB housing block at 185 Smith st was one of the largest housing blocks. 21 floors.
They were renovating the top two floors for a nursing unit.
They were part way through building emergency elevators that had a override function. Non stop lobby to top floor for EMS.
They needed new elevator lifts and ordered a structural assessment. The building failed inspection. And was shut down.
The cost to rebuilt was too much.
They sold the building and moved the tenants into every empty unit in the city core.
MHA holds open a certain number of units in different buildings, bch, 1bdr,2bdr for WRHA, women's shelters. Not anymore. Everyone mostly agrees we need more housing projects. Just not in thier neighbourhood. Not without cause mind you. What leads to homelessness? Crime increases, violence increases near where people live. A farm field five hundred miles from the city, not so much. Some with nothing will take the last thing someone else has. I don't know the answer. Having worked in and around the social services, support services I see the same cycles. Money won't fix it. The only thing that can is long term stability building. Getting past addiction is very difficult. Relapses. Would like to hold the space so they can start over, but so many who have gotten clean waiting. Counciling, elders, teaching.
I want to open a bottle depot to build a better life for my family om the streets here in peg
We have no where to go, high costs of rent, this type of housing is the last resort...........
OMG! Poor people! $600 for what? Owner belong in jail! Shame!
The Health Minister needs to go out there herself!
This is the same in DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE VANCOUVER, it is very sad. Get sober, cos places like the Manwin Hotels are all there is.....prayers to our Indigenous people left and forgotten......
A lot of the people receiving EIA are responsible for making sure their rent is paid. Some don't, and they use the money to buy drugs. Then, they are evicted. I've been living in public housing for 10 years, and I've seen some really bad cases.
Canada needs to heal on both sides . This was created by colonization. The government should be doing all it can to help reverse the effects of colonization and reaidential schools, 60s scoop, CFS , Social Injustice..Its a long road to healing but both sides must be on board. A country is weak divided.
600 dollars a shame
The Aboriginal homeless population accounts for 29 percent of the overall homeless population in Canada. Of the total 70,200 urban Canadians who identified as being homeless, 20,358 were found to be of Aboriginal descent. Kate Sjoberg says: "It is time for all levels of government to invest in public housing". Question: Does Kate Sjoberg include the AFN as one of those "levels of government"? Ottawa's spending on Indigenous priorities has increased significantly since 2015 (181 per cent) funding for 2023-24 is estimated to be over $30.5 billion - forecasted to rise to $32 billion in 2024-25. This works out to over $17,000 per year for every indigenous man, woman and child. What percentage of this money is the AFN using effectively to build social housing on reserves?
CMHC is quite ensconced on rez's > whoever thought that was a 'good idea', I'd like to sit them down & discuss History 😅
BTW > Original is fine 🙂
What happened to the Thunderbird?
How does a place like this stay open with the filth and deficiencies. Better accommodations are needed for the homeless.
Housing is just dressing on a wound.
This is criminal! These people need to be charged with deraliction of duty. The buiding owner, building inspectors and Bernadette Smith. Thank you to the reporters however this should be followed with the rcmp.
Akim Kaba.... polka dots
Absolute bums
MEADOW LAKe Saskatchewan. Canada 🇨🇦.. The Empire Is Not Even Suppose To Be Still STANDING. LIKE WTF Is Going On.
Certainly Were All Forgotten By The Governments, You Deserve Much Better, To Live, To Be Happy 😊.
Only two homicides?
TRY TALKING TO YOUR NDP FIRST NATION PREMERE OF MANITOBA.
The Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness, Bernadette Smith, comes across as callous and not very bright.
The reporter is telling her about the deplorable living conditions witnessed by the journalists. The minister says that the residents should file complaints! And that there are agencies that can assist them in filing if they don't have access to internet, etc.
How about she acknowledge the severity of the issue and promise to look into it ASAP and to investigate why the inspectors are not doing their jobs?!! Ughh!
Having three empty beds while in the next second of film we see people on the streets, living under tarps, and being told the problem is unmanageable.... is wild to me.
It must be that, a. there's policy and funding issues that interfere with people getting a bed.
Or, b. the issue of houselessness isn't as bad as this video is making it out to be.
We all see first hand that clearly houselessness is an issue and there is a need for these services. Personally, I think there should be zero acceptance of referrals from collaterals. Because if Main Street Project were to place the people they are in contact each day. The beds would never be empty.
So why are they?
The government shouldn't fund existing projects that need capital and ongoing operating costs under the caveat that these existing projects must 'dance for dollars' and loop in stake holders.
What this does is funnel money from x into a as a way to say the issue is being resolved and that more money is going to the issue.
It isn't. The money granted is clearly under the requirement that it solves the issue social workers in hospitals and other sister agencies are finding without solution.
It doesn't affect the bottom line and in fact. Fewer people who the money was intended for, receive the funding yet again.
Funding agreements without requiring 'the biggest impact' of partnerships created in the city would actually allow the biggest impact to happen.
Main Street Projects should be able to grow up, not out. Then maybe within that further growth, we would actually see some progress.
Dignity, where is it.
The ' cause ' of your problem; or the ' effect ' of your problem ?
Ready charity can actually be part of the cause of your problem. If your spirit is not independent, it is not free.🔓
The amount of excuses is insane lol
in order for anyone to receive rent money a rent.form has to be filled by landlord...welfare wouldn't give you rent money without that form
We need supportive housing for winnipeg, all over mantioba and all over canada and most of all first nations
Housing is only one part of the solution. The provided housing sometimes gets trashed by the residents to the point that the place becomes unlivible and then there are more cries for housing. It's a complex, multifaceted thing.
Daniel the Prophet lol, a Mainstreet mainstay lol, good to see he is still keeping it real, too bad he's going about it the wrong way. I pray for him though, I pray for all of them.
We all matter.
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That not true eia paid my room apartment
Bro got evicted when this episode came out.
19 bodies in the walls
Another argument for UBI. Trickle-down doesn't work, because the people at the top keep most of those funds for themselves. The government needs to acknowledge this as the ROOT problem. With slightly higher purchasing power, people would be able to afford something a little better, governed by a free market instead.
Root problem in my opinion are people not caring for their children properly.
You left to avoid confrontation??? Really? 😆 She's lucky she ran into y'all!
This is everywhere. Videos won’t stop this now, what u doing
Well done. Bowman caused this by dong nothing and Gilligan is doing the same. Pathetic.
HEY
52 yrs saskatchewan perspective, I've seen how the natives aren't really affected by all the countries' efforts to make things better. Nothing works. By the looks of it, theres been no change. And It's just plain ignorant to think that their historical hardships IN CANADA are so much more devastating, long-lasting, and in some way "special" compared to all the peoples ethnic or political hardships throughout history.
In this country, anyone born after the sixties is guilt free as far as the indigenous situation. Systematic racism towards natives in canada is a thing of the past now. We're race realists now, realizing that there may never be reconciliation like this.
Your perspective is completely wrong, uneducated and ignorant!
...but you still Squatting on Our Home tho so yeah, you benefits from Aparthied
And you Honestly thought this has nothing to do with you 😅😅😅 "...guilt free.." 😅😅😅
@dunweyweydum come take it back then. Literally how human civilization has worked forever. We won. Get over it.
He can't come take it, he's been programmed to wait for someone to do it for him. The reservation system trains people to sit and wait for money/ housing/ food/$5 a year to be rationed to them. Change needs to start there.
@sportsfan4153 you probably don't look as dumb as you are
what a waste of time .all i heard was lies
What a joke
Your ppl choose to have a hell on earth life. There's nothing the Government ofCanada can do if they choose to have an addiction and to have a miserable life ! Addicrions comes first weather it's alcohol or drugs, each and every individual have a choice in life and your ppl chosed these kind of life !
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Manwin owner should be arrested
In this day and age it is shameful to let people live like this, how much money does MTS, MLCC, MPI, Winnipeg Hydro and the City of Winnipeg make from taxpayers? Well I'm pretty sure if all CEOs took a paycut to house the homeless, Winnipeg would be homeless free in less than a few months.