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Housing Accelerator Fund

Removing barriers to encourage local initiatives to build more homes, faster. The Fund is boosting housing supply, while supporting affordable, diverse and climate-resilient communities. It offers 2 streams of funding Large/Urban and Small/Rural/North/Indigenous.

Applications are now closed.

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Resources for existing applicants
The Agreement Report (Attestations) Guide (PDF) is now available to help you meet program reporting requirements. It simplifies semi-annual and annual reporting, making it easier to see all the necessary information to include.

Explore Our Progress

Explore our interactive progress report to see program achievements by intake year and region.

Want to know more about the Housing Accelerator Fund’s impact?

Tune in to our In-House podcast as Aled ab Iorwerth, Deputy Chief Economist and Chris Woodcock, Director of Client Development and Government Relations, discuss how the Fund is transforming housing development in Canada. 

 

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What’s happened so far?

Visit our Housing Accelerator Fund progress page to stay up to date on the latest program developments. Explore news releases and summaries of local action plans and initiatives funded through the program.

 

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Explore the best practices

Explore the 10 best practices from successful Housing Accelerator Fund applications.

 

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The Housing Accelerator Fund helps local governments across Canada cut red tape to build homes faster. It drives innovation and incentivizes updates to planning systems to create more housing options in communities.

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Communities that are in a Canadian province and have a population* of 10,000 or more.

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Small/Rural/North/Indigenous

Communities that meet one of the following descriptions:

  • in a territory
  • is an Indigenous community
  • is in a Canadian province and has a population* under 10,000
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