Co-published by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives--Manitoba.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the authors - 1. Poor housing matters -- Part One: Problems with low-income housing - 2. Chronic! : a brief history of low-income housing in Winnipeg - 3. The more things change : low-income housing in Winnipeg today - 4. Navigating rental (power) relations : the "Tenant landlord co-operation" program - 5. Biting back : addressing the problem of bed bugs in low-income housing -- Part Two: Problems facing particular populations of low-income tenants. 6. Moving to the city : housing and Aboriginal migration to Winnipeg - 7. Winnipeg's refugee housing crisis : turning organizational knowledge into policy solutions - 8. Rooming houses to rooming homes -- Part Three: Government and social housing - 9. Privatizing a social need : the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and low-cost housing - 10. A terrific loss : the end of social housing operating agreements - 11. Where there's a will, there's a way : the city and low-income housing -- Part Four: Social housing that works - 12. Social housing is good for everyone : a benefits/cost analysis - 13. In search of Mino-Bimaadiziwin : urban Aboriginal housing cooperatives in Canada - 14. A good place to live : transforming public housing in Lord Selkirk Park - 15. Leap of faith : the case of WestEnd Commons -- Index -- Acknowledgments.