Aging housing stock, rising energy costs and increasing demand for affordable housing have created a unique challenge for municipalities and other affordable housing providers working to build better lives.

Our $300 million initiative offers support to local affordable housing providers – including municipal, not-for-profit organizations and housing co-ops – to retrofit existing affordable housing units, or construct energy efficient new builds that emit lower GHG emissions.

Our new funding and learning resources can help your community achieve the following:

  • Retrofit existing units or construct new affordable housing
  • Generate triple bottom line benefits:
    • Reduce energy and GHG intensity
    • Increase energy and housing affordability
    • Improve building quality, and increase comfort, health and quality of life for residents

About the SAH offer

Sustainable Affordable housing Application guideGMF offers support throughout the life cycle of an affordable housing construction project through five funding options:

  • Planning: Early support to assist eligible housing providers to get started on achieving more sustainable affordable housing initiatives
  • Studies: Assess the approaches needed to implement an eligible energy efficient pilot or capital project in detail
  • Pilot projects: Test out a new or innovative approach on a small scale
  • Retrofit capital projects: Complete the renovation of existing housing units with the installation of energy efficient technologies
  • New-build capital projects: Construct new homes that are highly energy efficient

Read our application guide for details.

As part of our SAH initiative, our Regional Energy Coaches (RECs) will help affordable housing providers initiate energy efficiency retrofits and new builds. 
 

FCM’s Sustainable Affordable Housing initiative is delivered through our Green Municipal Fund and funded by the Government of Canada.

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Featured resources

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New investments for energy efficient local affordable housing across Canada
Communities across Canada receive funding through the Green Municipal Fund.
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Resources: Sustainable Affordable Housing
Read our curated list of resources to help you plan, design and scale up your sustainable affordable housing projects.
News release
Canada and FCM announce support for new and retrofitted energy efficient local affordable housing
FCM and the Government of Canada announce funding for 34 plans, studies and pilot projects through the Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) Sustainable Affordable Housing initiative
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Canada and FCM combat climate change by investing in retrofits for community buildings
Canada and FCM combat climate change by investing in retrofits for community buildings
News release
FCM welcomes CHF Canada as a new Regional Energy Coaches partner
CHF Canada joins FCM’s Regional Energy Coaches (REC) pilot project. These coaches help affordable housing providers plan, initiate and fund energy efficient retrofits and new builds.
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