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Thank you for your interest in the Housing Supply Challenge.
Find out who made the short list!
Find out who made it to the final stage!
Sign up below to stay up to date with the future rounds.
The Northern Access Round seeks solutions that reduce the time, cost, and risk to access resources for building and maintaining appropriate northern and remote housing supply.
Improving the supply chain will reduce the cost to build, operate and maintain housing in northern and remote regions.
In northern and remote regions, the supply chain deals with various factors that make accessing materials and resources a challenge. The effects of these factors on housing supply vary widely and include:
Solutions relevant to this Round include:
All applicants must be affiliated with a legally incorporated organization.
Northern and remote individuals, communities, and organizations, especially Indigenous governments, organizations and groups are eligible to participate in the Northern Ideas Development Program to receive support to develop their application.
Apply to participate with one of these options:
Visit the Northern Ideas Development Program for northern and remote residents to get guidance, mentorship and resources needed to develop and improve your application. You can also reach out to our partner by email or by phone at 1-800-403-4525 for any questions regarding your application.
Your supply chain experience is valuable!
If you’re working in the supply chain or in the logistics industry, your experience puts you in a key position to know the challenges faced and even possible solutions. We want to hear from you and work with you on your ideas. We have $80M in funding and the Northern Access Round offers the perfect opportunity to share your knowledge and experience in your area.
Visit the Housing Supply Challenge Support Program to get guidance, mentorship and resources needed to develop and improve your submission. Our friends at Evergreen are available to answer any questions about the application process and provide one-on-one support.
We have $80M in funding available for the Northern Access Round.
This challenge has several stages. If your solution is selected, funding is available to prototype your initial idea and to implement the final solution.
Stage 1: Application phase (opens February 23, 2022)
Applicants develop and submit applications.
February 23, 2022 – June 23, 2022
Evaluation and shortlist
The panel will shortlist applicants eligible for prototype development funding
after evaluating all submissions.
June 23 – August 2022
Stage 2: Project/prototype development
Shortlisted projects will receive up to $250,000 each to develop/prototype
their solution for final approval.
September 2022 – October 2023
Final evaluation
The panel will evaluate the prototyped projects and select the successful
submissions.
October 2023 – November 2023
Stage 3: Implementation
Successful solutions share the remaining funds from the pool of $80M for
implementation.
December 2023 – March 2025
The Northern Ideas Development Program provides support to northern and remote participants who have a solution or a problem they would like to explore, but who need support, resources, and capacity to develop their submission and apply.
Participants must apply to the Northern Ideas Development Program to receive support. Participants will be selected on a rolling basis throughout Stage 1 and will receive support to develop a full application to the Round. The Program will help participants to meet the eligibility criteria for the Northern Access Round and will work with teams to ensure the identified problem or proposed solution aligns with the Challenge’s objectives.
Support will vary for each participant based on their needs, and may include:
Contact the Northern Ideas Development Program to get assistance on your submission.
All applicants, including those participating in the Northern Ideas Development Program may contact Evergreen for general guidance on the application process, web resources to support application development and online activities to foster partnerships and collaboration. Evergreen can also help you navigate the applicant portal.
Contact the Housing Supply Challenge Support Program, run by our partner Evergreen.
The following documents will help you draft and submit your solution on the Impact Canada Portal. Applications must be submitted online through Impact Canada’s portal.
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Email: challenge@cmhc.ca
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