Community Housing Supply Grant Pilot Program

Applicants and proposed projects must meet all eligibility requirements to be considered for funding: 

• Must be a registered non-profit or cooperative organization that will own and operate the housing project as non-profit or cooperative rental housing for a minimum of 20 years;
• Demonstrated experience in residential housing development and operation, or have a partnership with an experienced organization that will provide these services;
• Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate a readiness to begin construction in 2024 or sooner;
• Applicants must have the financial and operational ability to carry the project;
• Projects must have a minimum of 10 residential units overall.
• A minimum of 10 units must rented at no more than 100% CMHC Average Market Rent for a minimum of 20 years:
  • Rent supplement funding may be available from the Region to help increase affordability for some or all of the affordable units, to be determined on a project-by-project basis
  • Households for any units subsidized under a rent supplement agreement must be selected from York Region’s subsidized housing wait list
• Applicants must be the current registered owner of the land that the proposed project will be built on

Eligible projects include:

• New construction
• Conversion of non-residential buildings to community housing
• Addition or extension to an existing community housing building
• Community housing redevelopment resulting in increased supply of units

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for more information on eligibility.

 The call for applications closed on November 10, 2023. Applicants will be contacted by the Region to confirm next steps. 

• Program Guidelines
• Project Information Sheet
• Form of Submission
• Report to Regional Council on Supporting Critical Social Infrastructure through the Community and Health Services Budget (February 2023) 

Please email questions about this program or the application process to @email.  

Please see the list of frequently asked questions. The list will be updated as questions are received.