Other funding and financing opportunities

Low-cost loans and capital contributions that support needs across the housing continuum

CMHC offers a broad range of funding and financing opportunities to move your project forward. Check out the following if the National Housing Strategy initiatives are outside the scope of your project.

Other CMHC Funding Opportunities

Seed Funding
The Seed Funding program supports affordable housing through interest-free loans and/or non-repayable contributions. There are two funding streams: one for new construction/conversions, and one to preserve existing community housing projects. To learn more about preserving your housing project, please visit Preservation Funding for Community Housing.

Preservation Funding for Community Housing
Preservation Funding helps existing community housing providers remain viable and prepare for future funding opportunities by providing financial assistance to support the cost of completing preservation activities.

Investments in Affordable Housing
Through CMHC, the Government of Canada works with its provincial and territorial partners to provide and improve access to affordable housing. The federal government has committed to an investment of more than $1.9 billion through the IAH over 8 years. Provinces and territories are cost-matching the federal investment.

Prepayment

The federal government is providing $150 million to allow non-profit and co-op housing providers to prepay their mortgages held with CMHC without penalty. This eliminates the high cost of prepayment. Waiving these penalties allows housing providers to access private market loans at current interest rates. This lowers mortgage expenses and keeps rents affordable.

Shared Equity Mortgage Providers Fund
The Shared Equity Mortgage Providers Fund is a $100-million lending fund intended to support existing shared equity mortgage providers, encourage additional housing supply and attract new providers of shared equity mortgages. The program offers repayable loans from two possible funding streams. Stream one offers funding for eligible preconstruction costs to commence new housing projects in which shared equity mortgages will be provided to first-time homebuyers. Stream two offers funding for shared equity mortgages that will be provided by the proponent directly to first-time homebuyers.