CHRA June 2010

1. CHRA June 2010

2. 1) To reduce utility bills in low income dwellings; and 2) to train inner city residents in the trades Established 2006

4. Business Plan 09-10 150 Deep retrofits Low Income Housing Units Single Family Dwellings 200 MB Housing Units 1500 Water retrofits MB Housing Apartment Units

5. BUILD Works! $1 million saved to date $7 million in decade

6. 500 Insulation Retrofits (to date) • Attics to R-50 • Basements to R-24 • Walls from exterior • Low cost – no cost • Air sealing • CFL’s • Pipe wrapping

7. 2500 Water Retrofits (to date) 15 buildings to date Low flow toilet Aerated showerhead Faucet aerator CFL’s

8. BUILD Works!

9. Trainees • Community sourced • Funded for 6 months • Barriers include: • Literacy/math • Drivers licence • I.D. • Addiction • Justice system • Housing/ child care • Complicated home lives • Unprepared for workplace pace and expectations

10. Holistic Training Model

11. Drivers’ Licensing

12. Parenting Classes

13. Bring Your Kid to Work Day

14. Access to Apprenticeship

15. Free Bank Accounts and Money Management

16. Homeowners

17. Business CaseMaterials Costs (exclusive of labour)(Double Payback with Labour)

18. C.E.D. Linkages $1.5 million

19. Manitoba Housing

20. Refreshing Social Housing Units in Lord Selkirk Park & Gilbert Park

21. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (BCMP) • IMPROVING HOUSING / BUILDING COMMUNITY TOGETHER • IN THE NORTH END OF WINNIPEG • North End partnership: • NECRC: project administration, payroll • RB Russell: students, former teachers • MB Housing: job site, funding, construction materials, supervision • Employment: RB Russell students, graduates, North End Youth • Renovation of Manitoba Housing Properties • 2006 Summer Program: a mile of fences, sidewalks, grading done • 2007-8: Renovated 60 Apartments (Carrigan Greencrest/MB.Hsg.) • 2008: Back/front yards fences (254 Apartments in Gilbert Park) • 2009: 250 units in GP &LSP, 60 staff / annual payroll 1.5 million • Work Experience: two site managers and 60 trainees (progression) • Deconstruction, framing, drywall, finish work, installing cabinets • Hand tool and power tools / Apprenticeship Training • Payroll: $60,000 per month for mostly North Enders • Life Skills: self confidence, discipline, teamwork, accountability • Team work: safety meeting once a month • NECRC & Manitoba Housing • With RB Russell Vocational School • Building Community / Improving Housing • In the North End of Winnipeg

22. Manitoba Housing Authority Commitment to NECRC Partnership • Funding (in partnership with the Government of Canada) • Gilbert Park: approximately $7.0 million • Lord Selkirk Park: approximately $7.5 million • On-site supervision (Site Manager) • All tools, equipment and training • Project Management oversight

23. BUILD

24. Low Income Efficiency by the Numbers 1,000 house neighbourhood • $100 million societal impact* • 80 million litres annual water reduction • $5 million annual utility bill reduction (10 yrs) • $2 million materials • 80,000 bags insul • 3,000 T annual GHG reduction • 75-100 person years of employment *Oppenheimer (US study)

25. Key Learnings • Low income energy efficiency will only work with a community based approach • Retrofits have a hard economic payback and are therefore a good area to get into • Utilities must be mandated to get involved by legislation or regulators • There is a big difference between government funding (not ideal) and doing work for gov’t (ideal) • Multiple benefits/social/economic/enviro. • Other contractors don’t offer training/life skills

26. Hope and Partnerships

27. Oodena Miigwech