Preservation Funding for community housing (program closed)
This program provided financial assistance to help community housing providers maintain and preserve existing housing projects. The program is now closed.
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Funding Update
Due to the government's Comprehensive Expenditure Review, no new funds will be allocated to Preservation Funding. As a result, the program is no longer accepting new applications, and the application portal is now closed.
Clients who previously applied for Preservation Funding will be notified directly of the status of their current application.
Preservation Funding provides financial assistance to support the cost of completing preservation activities.
This funding helps:
existing community housing providers remain viable
prepare for future funding opportunities
Preservation Funding is open to:
Projects that are currently subject to an active, eligible federally administered operating agreement.
Projects that were previously subject to a federally administered operating agreement that have since expired. This includes projects previously administered under a federally administered operating agreement that were transferred under a Social Housing Agreement which have since expired.
Funding details:
The maximum funding available per project to complete eligible activities is $50,000.
Maximum funding may be increased to $75,000 on a case-by-case basis.
Each funding agreement offers up to 18 months from the approval date to complete the approved activities.
If you are under an active, eligible federally administered operating agreement
You must comply with the terms of the operating agreement (not in breach).
If you were previously subject to a federally administered operating agreement that has since expired
This includes those previously administered under a federally administered operating agreement that was transferred under an SHA which have since expired.
Your project must:
be primarily residential
have a minimum of 5 affordable units or beds
be considered affordable, as determined by the municipality, province or territory, or as accepted under other CMHC programs
If you were previously approved for Preservation Funding
All activities previously approved for funding have been completed.
Eligible activities1
Funding may be provided to support costs that help preserve community housing.
Third-party quotes are required for all eligible activities included in your application.
Activities may include but are not limited to:
a building condition report
capital replacement reserve planning
an operating viability analysis
an age-friendly conversion assessment
an energy audit
1 Expenses/costs related to eligible activities carried out and invoiced prior to the approval date of Preservation Funding are not eligible.
Resources
The following resources are available to help you prepare your application:
Before starting your application, please take a moment to download, save, and review our application guide. The guide includes information required to create your profile and start the application process successfully.
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