🏠 | Grant | National Housing Strategy Demonstrations Initiative

National Housing Strategy Demonstrations Initiative

Maurice
By Maurice | May 1, 2025

Amount:

$1,500,000.00

Type:

Grant

Description:

The National Housing Strategy Demonstrations Initiative funds the demonstration of solutions that support housing affordability in real environments. Solutions support National Housing Supply priority areas and groups and outcomes, focusing on solutions with evidence of positive impact. The initiative intends to increase adoption of high-quality solutions for greater sector impact, Demonstrations support active scaling/replication with solutions adopters.

Comments on Funding:

Deadline:

Continuous Intake

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:
1. Organizations duly incorporated as legal entities in Canada and validly existing in Canada before receiving funding. This requirement can be completed after submitting the application but must be completed before any funding is received.
2. Organizations in good standing with CMHC and not in breach of any terms and conditions under any previous project with the Demonstrations Initiative or other CMHC program. Applicants in breach of any terms and conditions or who fail to meet integrity requirements may be denied funding on that basis.

Application Steps:

Applicants must:

1. Register and create an online profile and complete the various sections of the application portal.
2. Upload the other requested documents to your profile.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

1. Integrity Declaration Form and upload it to your online profile (mandatory).
2. Statement of Work (SOW) and Knowledge Mobilization (KM) with Budget template and upload it to your online profile (mandatory).
3. Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) template and upload it to your online profile (mandatory).
4. support letters from your partners and upload them to your online profile (mandatory for projects related to Indigenous housing and/or Indigenous populations groups and otherwise, optional but will strengthen your proposal).
If you wish to, gather technical information regarding the nature, characteristics and benefits of your innovation and upload it to your online profile.

Other Things to Note:

Web Page:

https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/nhs-demonstrations-initiative
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About the author

Maurice
Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Ontario to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business. Click here to learn more about Moe’s background and how he can help your business.