Many studies have shown that newcomers In response to the arrival of Vietnamese are struggling to find affordable and good quality refugees to Winnipeg in the mid to late 1980s, a The IRCOM MOdel: hOusIng and WR ap-aROund suppORT s fOR neWCOMeR s In WInnIpeg 1 group of people rooted in Winnipeg’s social ser- are presented side-by-side to explore the many vice sector and ethnocultural communities d [...] An analysis based migrant and refugee settlement services as it fo- on tenants’ experiences of housing and other cuses on providing affordable transitional housing programs both in and beyond IRCOM will be with wrap-around services and supports offered presented in a subsequent report at the conclu- to tenants and other newcomers in the commu- sion of the three-year study. [...] Discussions and negotiations be- SEARCOM started as a settlement service tween the SEARCOM board, the provincial gov- organization, but, as they identified a large gap ernment and Welcome Place, in addition to the in the sector, the organization became increas- development of a new board called Immigrant ingly aware of the need to integrate housing into and Refugee Community Organization of Man- t [...] The IRCOM MOdel: hOusIng and WR ap-aROund suppORT s fOR neWCOMeR s In WInnIpeg 7 During this period of time, discussions to velopment of more programming, in addition to broaden the scope of SEARCOM began and it supporting a larger staff and ensuring the con- evolved into the Immigrant and Refugee Com- tinuance of services and housing. [...] As a way to try to address increas- listed in their 2015–2016 annual report, repre- ing demand for housing, IRCOM worked close- senting a diverse group of organizations that are ly with MHRC and the provincial and federal essential to ensuring the success of IRCOM and governments to determine a plan.