Manitoba: Housing Building

manitoba: Newcomer centre has no more room for border-crossing refugees Finding housing for new refugees could pose problem Manitoba agency The building has 60 units and is almost full after getting a recent facelift, according to CBC. This is an incredibly important day, said IRCOM executive director Dorota Blumczynska. The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba IRCOM held a grand opening Monday for a transitional housing building it has at 215 Isabel Street. The building, which is owned by Manitoba Housing and run by IRCOM, is filled with modular suites and has three-bedroom units that can be combined with a studio to make room for families with as many as nine people. Jaison Empson/CBC It also has an early childhood development centre for newcomer families who need daycare, and a multilingual library. The units inside the building have renovated kitchens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.