{
  "id": 19247623,
  "title": "What Winnipeg can learn from Toronto’s housing model",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/what-winnipeg-can-learn-from-torontos-housing-model",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T00:04:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12143498/what-winnipeg-can-learn-from-torontos-housing-model/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Winnipeg is set to learn from Toronto's successful housing and mental health model. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans for a new mental health and addictions hospital, along with 2,000 housing units, in Winnipeg. The vision is to replicate Toronto's Dunn House, a project that achieved a 52% reduction in emergency room visits and saved more than $2 million. The budget allocates $1 billion for this initiative, with the exact location still uncertain. Winnipeg's leaders are determined to address the crisis quickly and effectively, with an eye on achieving 2,000 housing units by 2031.",
  "summary": "A new mental health and addictions hospital and housing units will be built in Winnipeg replicating a housing project based in Toronto.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Toronto to add more than 1,500 additional shelter and housing spaces during winter months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/toronto-to-add-more-than-1-500-additional-shelter-and-housing-spaces",
        "published": "2026-11-09T19:06:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}