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Housing minister says $1B critical infrastructure program is open for applications | CBC News

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Applications opened Thursday for a $1 billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.

Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund provides funds for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste

Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communites speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)

Applications opened Thursday for a $1 billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.

The Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund set aside $1 billion in direct funding for communities to build or improve infrastructure for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste management.

Applications opened online today. Municipalities and Indigenous communities are able to apply.

Those applicants will need to demonstrate how their proposals will support the building of more homes.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser said he expects to distribute $1 billion from the program directly to communities by the end of the year.

Fraser also announced the Regional Homebuilding Innovation Fund is accepting applications, which will see $50 million distributed over two years to support housing construction in southern Ontario.



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