National Housing Strategy Demonstrations Initiative │Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

To be eligible, applicants must be organizations meeting the following criteria:

• 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.
• 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.

You can participate in the Demonstrations Initiative if you are part of a broad range of housing stakeholders (as applicants or partners), such as, but not limited to:

• community housing providers, affordable housing providers, non-profit affordable housing organizations and affordable housing cooperatives
• government agencies and corporations – provincial, territorial and municipal
• Indigenous organizations – First Nation, Inuit and Métis
• Canadian companies organizations and associations
• private and non-profit builders and developers and real estate agencies
• associations, networks or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) seeking to demonstrate and scale new and innovative approaches
• agencies, associations and NGOs involved in National Housing Straregy priority area activities, including:
  • seniors associations
  • veterans associations
  • mental health advocates
  • homelessness hub
  • non-profit organizations
  • sustainability agencies
• academic institutions and innovation hubs involved in National Housing Strategy priority area activities and audiences
• end users, people with lived experience that can provide first-hand expertise to the demonstration, adaptation or  replication of the solution.