The Centre teams up with cities to help grow green housing efforts
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Sustainable Affordable Housing initiative is putting $300 million on the table to offset the cost of environmentally friendly measures at all project stages, including planning, study, piloting, capital construction or retrofit. In partnership with FCM, the Community Housing Transformation Centre is working to assist affordable housing providers to tap into the funds.
Want to help build 3,000 homes by 2022?
A silver lining in the dark clouds of Covid-19 is the recognition by Ottawa of the need “to help address urgent housing needs of vulnerable Canadians by rapidly creating new affordable housing units.” To that end, the federal government has set aside $1 billion through the CMHC to create 3,000 housing units within a year, with grants going to municipalities, provinces, territories, Indigenous governing bodies and organizations, non-profit housing organizations and co-ops.
Montreal students break new ground in co-op housing
A student housing co-op in Canada has broken ground in Montreal. The Woodnote Cooperative boasts an innovative financial model and the mission is clear: make student housing more affordable. On a sunny afternoon in September, The Centre’s Montreal team was treated to...
Local Projects
Sector Transformation Fund
Enhance the capacity of your local organisation to provide affordable housing in a better way.
Sectoral Impact Projects
Sector Transformation Fund
Develop new services, models or tools to help the sector build and manage affordable housing.
Community-Based Tenant Initiative Fund
Tenant engagement projects that aim to involve tenants in housing decisions that impact them and in defining services.
Discover how we can help you apply to other grants
Rapid Housing Initiative
CMHC Fund
The RHI is $1-billion program to help address urgent housing needs of vulnerable people through the rapid construction of affordable housing. The deadline for applications is Dec. 31, 2020.
Sustainable Affordable Housing
FCM - Green Municipal Fund
Reap environmental, social, and economic benefits by achieve higher energy performance of your affordable housing project.
Affordable Housing Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst Fund supports practical and collaborative projects which will lead to larger changes in the community-housing sector of the city of St. John’s, N.L. The deadline for applications is Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.
