2018-2019 Investment in affordable housing annual public reports

Outcomes from the eighth year of the Investment in Affordable Housing program and third year of the Social Infrastructure Fund.

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Overview

Joint federal and provincial funding is available for service managers between 2014 and 2020 through the Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) program. This will improve access to suitable, sustainable and affordable housing across Ontario.

The Social Infrastructure Fund (SIF) under IAH is available for Service Managers to build, renovate, and provide critical affordable housing. This brings the total investment under the IAH program to over $1.6 billion.

Under the IAH and SIF, service managers have the flexibility to select which program components to participate in – such as new rental construction, home repair, housing allowances, rent supplements or home ownership – based on local housing needs in their communities.

Investment in Affordable Housing program year eight report

These figures reflect funding commitments made under the capital and operating components of the IAH.

Table 1: Reduce the number of households in need by improving access to affordable housing that is sound, suitable and sustainable for households in need
Funding commitment	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total IAH Program
Households no longer in housing need as a result of the Investment in Affordable Housing	607	5,985	7,972	5,290	4,915	3,963	7,159	5,839	41,730
Rental units created to increase the supply of affordable housing stock	377	746	571	720	706	792	709	655	5,276
Households, including Aboriginal households living off-reserve, assisted in purchasing a home	36	351	357	370	378	358	221	215	2,286
Affordable housing stock units preserved through renovation, rehabilitation and repair including units for Aboriginal households living off-reserve	63	1,086	3,700	1,816	1,699	1,644	1,260	1,088	12,356
Homeowner households assisted to maintain residence in their existing housing	63	936	1,354	1,703	1,120	961	882	931	7,950
Renter households assisted through the provision of rent supplements	131	1,491	789	1,735	326	422	687	626	6,207
Renter households assisted through the provision of housing allowances	^{footnote 1[1]}	2,311	2,555	649	1,806	747	4,282	3,255	15,605
Aboriginal households living off-reserve no longer in housing need as a result of the Investment in Affordable Housing	^{footnote 1[1]}	134	206	182	128	160	144	153	1,107
Affordable housing units created to increase the supply of and improve access to affordable housing for off-reserve Aboriginal households	^{footnote 1[1]}	49	64	181	23	40	24	32	413
Accommodations for victims of family violence preserved or new accommodations created as a result of the IAH	^{footnote 2[2]}	18	22	51	11	6	37	15	160

Table 2: Reduce the demand for services and institutional living by increasing and extending independent living for households in need being seniors and persons with disabilities
Funding commitment	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total IAH Program
Seniors and persons with disabilities households who are able to remain living independently	180	710	1,189	1,211	1,304	812	1,008	929	7,343
Seniors and persons with disabilities households assisted through the creation of new rental housing units	152	147	264	115	314	255	237	326	1,810
Seniors and persons with disabilities households assisted through modifications and renovations to existing housing stock	28	563	921	1,090	990	552	769	602	5,515

Table 3: Foster a more holistic approach to addressing poverty by supporting a broad range of programs
Funding commitment	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total IAH Program
Increased opportunities as measured through a description of the increase in the number and nature of programs offered	^{footnote 1[1]}	^{footnote 3[3]}	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Increased opportunities as measured through a description of the increase in the number and nature of programs offered for Aboriginal households off-reserve	^{footnote 1[1]}	^{footnote 3[3]}	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Table 4: Increase the resources available to address the housing needs of households in need by encouraging contributions by others including the private and not-for-profit sectors
Funding commitment	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total IAH Program
Additional dollars generated through local partnerships toward addressing housing need	$21.079M	$36.837M	$26.163M	$34.629M	$52.639M	$54.41M	$77.437M	$32.765M	$335.959M

Table 5: Foster training of skilled labour by supporting apprenticeships in the residential housing sector
Funding commitment	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Total IAH Program
Number of IAH projects employing apprentices	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	37	31	28	69	165
Number of apprentices employed under IAH projects	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	154	75	101	211	541
Description of activities/initiatives to promote or support apprenticeships in IAH projects	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	^{footnote 4[4]}	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Social Infrastructure Fund year three report

These figures reflect funding commitments made under the capital and operating components of the SIF-IAH.

Table 6: Reduce the number of households in need by improving access to affordable housing that is sound, suitable and sustainable for households in need
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Households no longer in housing need as a result of the 2016-2018 Special SIF Funding under the IAH	6,247	2,564	2,449	11,260
Rental units created to increase the supply of affordable housing stock	976	1,032	442	2,450
Households, including Aboriginal households living off-reserve, assisted in purchasing a home	207	137	122	466
Affordable housing stock units preserved through renovation, rehabilitation and repair including units for Aboriginal households living off-reserve	563	748	385	1,696
Homeowner households assisted to maintain residence in their existing housing	352	403	198	953
Renter households assisted through the provision of rent supplements	539	66	56	661
Renter households assisted through the provision of housing allowances	908	530	1,444	2,882
Aboriginal households living off-reserve no longer in housing need as a result of the Investment in Affordable Housing	61	83	29	173
Affordable housing units created to increase the supply of and improve access to affordable housing for off-reserve Aboriginal households	30	44	25	99
Number of households no longer in housing need as a result of Program H-1: Seniors New Construction and Renovations	496	542	165	1,203
Number of households no longer in housing need as a result of Program H-2: Victims of Family Violence New Construction and Renovations	3,054	51	0	3,105

Table 7: Reduce the numbers of households in need by improving access to social housing under the Social Housing Improvement Program (SHIP)
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Number of households no longer in housing need as a result of Program H-3: Renovation and Retrofit of Social Housing	63,429	0	0	63,429

Table 8: Reduce the demand for services and institutional living by increasing and extending independent living for households in need being seniors and persons with disabilities
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Seniors and persons with disabilities households who are able to remain living independently	929	1,019	355	2,303
Seniors and persons with disabilities households assisted through the creation of new rental housing units	531	585	229	1,345
Seniors and persons with disabilities households assisted through modifications and renovations to existing housing stock	376	430	125	931

Table 9: Foster a more holistic approach to addressing poverty by supporting a broad range of programs
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Increased opportunities as measured through a description of the increase in the number and nature of programs offered	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Increased opportunities as measured through a description of the increase in the number and nature of programs offered for Aboriginal households off-reserve	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Table 10: Increase the resources available to address the housing needs of households in need by encouraging contributions by others including the private and not-for profit sectors
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Additional dollars generated through local partnerships toward addressing housing need	$67.397M	$71.709M	$33.792M	$172.898M

Table 11: Foster training of skilled labour by supporting apprenticeships in the residential housing sector
Funding commitment	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19^{footnote 5[5]}	Total IAH Program
Number of IAH projects employing apprentices	42	107	121	270
Number of apprentices employed under IAH projects	185	267	235	687
Description of activities / initiatives to promote or support apprenticeships in SIF-IAH projects	^{footnote 6[6]}	N/A	N/A	N/A

Updated: July 15, 2025

Published: November 15, 2019

Footnotes

footnote[1] Back to paragraph In 2011-12, the Investment in Affordable Housing Program for Ontario (IAH) program was treated as a transitional year. Funding was approved under the following program components: rental housing, homeownership, northern repair, and rent supplement. CMHC continued to deliver the suite of federal renovation programs including the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program.
footnote[2] Back to paragraph In 2011-12, CMHC tracked the number of existing accommodations for victims of family violence as a result of the IAH.
footnote[3] Back to paragraph In 2012-13, the number and nature of programs offered increased with the introduction of three additional program components: Ontario renovates, housing allowance and, off-reserve Indigenous housing.Ontario renovates provides financial assistance to repair deficiencies and increase accessibility of affordable rental or ownership properties and create secondary suites in existing single family homes.The housing allowance component provides financial assistance directly to low-income renter households to increase housing affordability.The off-reserve Indigenous housing component provides assistance to off-reserve Indigenous households through affordable homeownership and home repair and provides funding to assist in the creation of new affordable rental units.
footnote[4] Back to paragraph Priority consideration of the employment of apprentices in the residential housing sector was included in the project evaluation and selection process of all new rental housing and Ontario renovates multi-unit repair projects.
footnote[5] Back to paragraph Overall number of units created and/or repaired are less in 2018-19 as compared to previous years as federal SIF funding ended one year earlier than provincial funding ended as the Province had an additional year to cost match federal SIF funding.
footnote[6] Back to paragraph Priority consideration of the employment of apprentices in the residential housing sector was included in the project evaluation and selection process of all new rental housing and Ontario renovates multi-unit repair projects.