Manitoba's premier says he's confident the departure of the province's homelessness strategy adviser to lead a real estate investment trust will help get more housing built.

Premier Wab Kinew did not say much when asked Friday what led to the resignation of Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud only 10 months after taking on the senior adviser role.

During an unrelated event, he told reporters simply that the opportunity to lead the Collaborative Housing Alliance REIT "spoke to her."

"Tessa is somebody that I have a ton of respect for and somebody that I'm quite close to on a personal level," Kinew said.

"I would love if Tessa had continued to work with us going forward. To see her at a partner organization still working in alignment, in common cause to getting people out of tents and into housin

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