Manitoba Aims to Turn Homes Tied to Suspected Crime Into Affordable Housing

Manitoba Aims to Turn Homes Tied to Suspected Crime Into Affordable Housing
Manitoba Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen speaks during a federal-provincial-territorial ministers meeting on bail reform in Ottawa on Mar. 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Six homes connected to suspected criminal activity could soon become affordable housing under a new approach by the Manitoba government to the seizure and sale of criminal assets.

The six properties, in the Point Douglas neighbourhood near downtown Winnipeg, were seized under the province’s Criminal Property Forfeiture Act.