Canada invests in projects to demonstrate Community Land Trust Solutions for Affordable Housing

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OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 1, 2021 /CNW/ - Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. That is why the Government of Canada is supporting and investing in innovative solutions aimed at improving the performance, viability and effectiveness of affordable housing.

Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion and Minister Responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), announced that close to $3.3 million in funding will be provided to 16 successful submissions under the National Housing Strategy (NHS) Demonstrations Initiative.

The NHS Demonstrations Initiative highlights solutions that support the National Housing Strategy priority areas and population groups. These solutions aim to spur awareness, knowledge and scaling of promising practices, strategies, programs, policies and technologies.

The 2021 open call competition targeted one specific area of high potential impact – Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and Land Assembly solutions that may ensure greater availability and access to land for affordable housing. The 16 successful submissions will each receive funding from $100,000 to $250,000.

The selected projects provide a diverse portfolio of CLT/Land assembly solutions addressing the specific needs of NHS population groups such as Indigenous population groups, women and children fleeing domestic violence, people labeled with a disability or mental illness, people experiencing homelessness, and Northerners.

The solutions from this call will support a culture of innovation by fostering partnerships, replication and scaling, as well as creating and disseminating real-world data for evidence-based decision-making.

Find out more about the NHS Demonstrations Initiative.

Quotes

"Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Increasing the supply of land for affordable housing requires innovative and disruptive thinking. The Demonstrations Initiative showcases the best new ideas ensuring that these can be repeated and scaled from coast to coast to coast. This is the National Housing Strategy at work for Canadians." – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion

Quick facts

• In addition to the 16 solutions being funded through the 2021 Demonstrations Initiative, the federal government recognizes that supporting CLTs to grow and thrive will involve multiple types of interventions, including support with acquisition, which goes beyond the scope of the Initiative.
• This separate line of work is being undertaken by CMHC as it explores how CLT's may be supported in acquiring already operational and affordable rental buildings.
• Funding for demonstrations is available to those who wish to address housing related issues identified under the NHS priority areas.
• The NHS Demonstrations Initiative competitive open-call process occurs annually and will focus on different topics each year. The next open-call process will be held in 2022.
• Experts interested in acting as reviewers are invited to manifest their interest by writing to [email protected]
• The NHS includes $541 million over 10 years to support research on housing needs and conditions, the housing finance system, market stability and housing sector innovation.
• Canada's National Housing Strategy (NHS) is a 10-year, $72+ billion plan that will give more Canadians a place to call home.

Associated Links

• As Canada's authority on housing, CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers unbiased housing research and advice to all levels of Canadian government, consumers and the housing industry. For more information, visit our website or follow us on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
• To find out more about the National Housing Strategy, visit www.placetocallhome.ca.

Backgrounder:

Successful submissions, 2021 NHS Demonstrations Initiative

Find further details on the projects.

Project Title and Stream Journey Stream: documenting journey; Dissemination Stream: disseminating existing model; Scaling Stream: scaling approaches to expand impact	Lead organization and collaborators	Requested CMHC funding (amounts subject to change pending final contribution agreements and/or provincial or Territorial jurisdictional approval where necessary)	Project localization
Calgary Urban Indigenous Community Land Trust Development Project SCALING STREAM	Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary, Alberta Aboriginal Standing Committee on Housing and Homelessness (ASCHH) The City of Calgary - Affordable Housing/Indigenous Relations Office HomeSpace (Previously Calgary Community Land Trust) United Way of Calgary	$  124,850	Calgary, AB
Canadian Network of Community Land Trust's Technical Assistance Program SCALING STREAM	Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts Cooperative Housing Federation of British Columbia Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada Ontario Non-Profit Network The Neighbourhood Land Trust University of Toronto School of Cities ArtsPond	$  230,290	National scope
Creating a revolving loan fund to scale up the Ottawa Community Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	Ottawa Community Land Trust (OCLT) Ottawa Community Foundation Social Planning Council of Ottawa New Market Funds Inc. Vancity Community Investment Bank Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation CAHDCO	$ 250,000	Ottawa, ON
DTES Community Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre DTES Community Trust Coalition DTES SRO Collaborative Society Powell Street Festival Society Aboriginal Front Door Society Watari Counselling and Support Services Society/LatinX Kitchen Right to Remain Research Collective	$ 250,000	Vancouver, BC
Fiducie foncière pour un projet de cohabitat abordable à Lachine JOURNEY STREAM	Village Urbain GRT Groupe CDH Caisse d'économie sociale Desjardins Foncier Solidaire Fondation Chagnon Vivre en Ville Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS) Sid Lee Architecture Arrondissement de Lachine Université McGill à Montréal Groupe TCJ PME Inter Notaires	$ 99,818	Lachine, QC
Fiducie d'utilité sociale, déploiement et consolidation de modèles SCALING STREAM	Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS) Université de Sherbrooke Therrien Couture Joli-Cœur École des sciences de la gestion de l'UQAM Chantier de l'économie sociale Bureau de l'économie sociale à la Ville de Montréal Rayside Labossière Architectes Commission de développement économique des Premières Nations et du Labrador Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Québec (FHCQ) Coopérative de développement régional Outaouais-Lanaudière (CDROL) Foncier solidaire Protec-Terre	$  249,987	QC – provincial scope
Foncier solidaire Brome-Missisquoi : un parc immobilier perpétuellement abordable, écologique et de qualité JOURNEY STREAM	Foncier solidaire Brome-Missisquoi Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) de Brome-Missisquoi Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon Groupe TCJ Agathe Lehel (travailleuse autonome) Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS) Protec-Terre Table logement de Brome-Missisquoi Centre local de développement (CLD) de Brome-Missisquoi Arpent - Services-conseils en urbanisme et en aménagement du territoire Julie Villain – Designer web	$ 200,000	Dunham, QC
G.R.E.A.T. Housing (Green Rural Environmental Affordable Together) JOURNEY STREAM	Fourth Pig Green & Natural Muskoka CLT, Community Living Huntsville Christian Horizons Tooketree Passive Homes Breeze Business Management SEEFA Building Analytics M'Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre	$ 249,800	District of Muskoka, ON
Growing Local Land Trusts through Platform Co- operatives in the Short-term Rental Market JOURNEY STREAM	FairBnB Canada Kensington Market Community Land Trust	$ 132,710
Halifax Affordable Housing Community Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	United Way Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Davis Pier Consulting Housing and Homelessness Partnership (HHP) CLT902 Upper Hammonds Plains Strategic Initiatives Committee Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Housing Nova Scotia David Slipp - Stewart McKelvey Law HRM Planning and Development	$ 234,700	Halifax, NS
Journey to a York Region Community Housing Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	Blue Door Support Services (Blue Door) Community Affordable Housing Solutions (CAHS) Robins Appleby	$ 212,946	York Region, ON
Kamloops Community Land Trust (CLT) Creation for Affordable Housing JOURNEY STREAM	Urban Matters	$ 208,860	Kamloops, BC
Kensington Market Community Land Trust DISSEMINATION STREAM	Kensington Market Community Land Trust School of Cities Affordable Housing Challenge Project	$ 167,512	Toronto, ON
Temiskaming District Community Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	Keepers of the Circle Global Indigenous Development Trust UBC Housing Research Collaborative Aboriginal People's Alliance (Northern Ontario) Beaverhouse First Nation Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network Indigenous Working Group	$ 250,000	Temiskaming District, ON
Scaling the community-based CLT through diversified land securement strategies and multi-sectoral partnerships SCALING STREAM	The Neighbourhood Land Trust YWCA Toronto, Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) Building Up Toronto Environmental Alliance Van City Community Investment Bank (VCIB) Parcel Development of SVN Architects and Planners (SVN)	$  175,250	National scope
Directed demonstration Demonstrations initiatives led by external organizations in areas of strategic interest that are aligned with the National Housing Strategy and federal priorities.
Whitehorse Community Land Trust JOURNEY STREAM	Northern Community Land Trust Society Yukon Housing Corporation New Commons Development (NCD) Yukon Government City of Whitehorse Rosenberg & Associates Site North Office Across the River Consulting	$ 239,164	Whitehorse, YT

SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Information on this release: Mikaela Harrison, Office of the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, P.C., M.P., Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, [email protected]; Media Relations, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), [email protected]

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