Health and Safety Water Stream │ Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program

To be eligible for funding, projects must:

• protect or maintain housing units that are otherwise compromised by health and safety risks
• demonstrate that they will create climate resiliency and adaptation
• be new construction, rehabilitation or expansion
• have not started construction
• have a clear start and end date
• start no later than June 30, 2026, and must be completed by March 31, 2029
• include a capital component and may also include pre-construction planning and design work
• be in the process of, or completed, the design and planning phase
• meet all relevant provincial regulatory requirements and policy direction, as applicable

Water infrastructure assets that are eligible for funding include:

• drinking water, for example:
  • treatment plants
  • reservoirs
  • local pipes, including the distribution system watermain and the applicant portion of service lines
  • pump stations
• wastewater, for example:
  • lagoon systems
  • pump stations
  • lift station
  • linear assets
  • treatment plants
  • storage tanks
  • collection systems
• stormwater, for example:
  • management facilities
  • linear assets, including conveyance piping, ditches and culverts
• water management, flood and erosion infrastructure, including shoreline protection works, for example:
  • dams
  • dykes
  • conveyance improvements
  • riverine non-structural and structural erosion management