National Housing Strategy

Affordable Housing Innovation Fund

Funding for innovative housing providers driving innovation across the housing continuum.

The Affordable Housing Innovation Fund application portal is open for new applications.

IMPORTANT
Priority will be given to applications using modular and prefabricated construction to help address homelessness through solutions that can be scaled and replicated. These solutions should focus on the delivery of homes.

Additional prioritization will be given to:

  • Communities that have submitted Community Encampment Response Plans through the Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampment Initiative.
  • Previous Affordable Housing Innovation Fund applicants with demonstrated experience in developing solutions to address homelessness.

What is the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund?

The Affordable Housing Innovation Fund supports new ideas that will drive change and disrupt the industry — ideas and approaches that will evolve the affordable housing sector and create the next generation of housing in Canada.

Funding Opportunities for Innovations

  • Develop and test innovations that incorporate resource and operating efficiencies and are replicable and scalable.
  • Get flexible financial support to test a range of innovations and leverage new partnerships.
  • Facilitate partnerships and encourage participation from diverse stakeholders.

Here Are Some of the Projects That Have Been Funded

A Temporary Building Leaves a Lasting Impression

The City of Vancouver uses available sites to build modular affordable housing

The Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) Model

Demonstrating how financial institutions can foster and fund affordable rental housing

Contact Us

Connect with your CMHC Housing Solutions Specialist at:
contactcentre@cmhc.ca or 1-800-668-2642.

If you are Indigenous or from a northern community, please connect with an
Indigenous and Northern Housing Solutions Specialist.

Date Published: October 1, 2024