HICC Funding Portal

Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund (STREF)NEW

The Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund will support municipalities and Indigenous communities with the enforcement of restrictions on non-compliant short-term rentals. The program provides $50 million in federal funding to help enforce regulations, discourage non-compliant listings, and limit short-term rentals that take away long term housing units.

Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF)NEW

The Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund supports drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste projects. The fund will enable increased housing supply and densification, and sustainable community growth by increasing the capacity and efficiency of new and existing infrastructure systems to ensure reliable essential services to people living in Canada.

Canada Public Transit FundNEW

The Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF) is an innovative and transformative way to deliver stable, predictable, and reliable transit funding to communities across the country. This new Fund will provide $3 billion per year for public transit and active transportation infrastructure, beginning in 2026-27. The CPTF will offer different programming that will support public transit and active transportation needs of Canadians in communities of all sizes.

Applications are currently being accepted to the Active Transportation Fund’s Capital Project stream, until February 26, 2025. Indigenous applicants are invited to apply until April 9, 2025.

Applications are currently being accepted to the Rural Transit Solutions Fund’s Capital Project stream, until March 4, 2025 (3:00 p.m. EST). Indigenous applicants are invited to apply until April 8, 2025 (3:00 p.m. EST).

Public Transit Program

The Government of Canada is investing $14.9 billion in federal funding towards new public transit infrastructure projects over the next eight years. These funds offer cities and communities predictable transit funding to plan for the future, create jobs, fight climate change, and grow the economy.

Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy

Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness across Canada. This program provides funding to urban, Indigenous, rural and remote communities to help them address their local homelessness needs.

• Distinctions-Based Approaches(DBA)- First Nations (FN)
• Community Capacity and Innovation (CCI) - Action Research on Chronic Homelessness (ARCH)
• Community Capacity and Innovation (CCI)

Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

The DMAF is aimed at strengthening the resilience of Canadian communities through investments in infrastructure projects, including natural infrastructure projects, enabling them to better manage the current and future risks associated with natural hazards, such as floods, wildfires and droughts.

Applications will be accepted at any time before the portal closes on July 19, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). Organizations are encouraged to submit their proposals prior to the deadline if they are ready earlier.

Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB)

The Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program is launching its third intake and will be accepting applications as follows:

Small and medium retrofits

Eligible applicants with small and medium-sized projects to retrofit existing community buildings ranging in total eligible cost from $100,000 to $2,999,999 can apply from August 1, 2024 until October 16, 2024, 15:00 ET.

Large retrofits and new builds

Eligible applicants with large projects to retrofit existing community buildings or projects to build new community buildings with total eligible costs ranging from $3 million to $25 million can apply from September 4, 2024 until October 16, 2024, 15:00 ET.

VHP - Veteran Homelessness Program

The Veteran Homelessness Program (VHP) is part of the National Housing Strategy, a suite of federal housing initiatives designed to improve access to affordable and safe housing for all Canadians. The new program provides $79.1 million in funding: $72.9 million in funding for rent supplements and wrap-around services, such as counselling and treatment for substance use, through its Services and Supports Stream. In addition, the Capacity Building Stream will provide $6.2 million in funding to support research on veteran homelessness and capacity building.

Research and Knowledge Initiative (RKI)

The Research and Knowledge Initiative (RKI) is a national merit-based contributions funding program from Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada that funds projects focused on key Government of Canada research and data priorities related to housing, infrastructure, and communities. This competition invites projects that are focused on applied research that includes or examines specific interventions and that contributes to solutions for addressing Canadian housing and infrastructure needs.

The Research and Knowledge Initiative call for proposals is now closed.