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CMHC’S Affordable Housing Centre

CMHC’S Affordable Housing Centre. Liane Dagenais – Corporate Representative Mayor`s Housing Summit – City of Regina – May 13 th -14 th , 2013. CMHC’s MISSION. CMHC - Canada’s National Housing Agency Our Mission and Values

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CMHC’S Affordable Housing Centre

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  1. CMHC’S Affordable Housing Centre LianeDagenais – Corporate Representative Mayor`s Housing Summit – City of Regina – May 13th -14th, 2013

  2. CMHC’s MISSION CMHC - Canada’s National Housing Agency • Our Mission and Values • CMHC’s vision of housing quality, affordability and choice for Canadians is realized through activities in three key areas: housing finance, research and information transfer and assisted housing. • To help ensure Canadians have access to housing that is: • Affordable • Suitable • Adequate

  3. Helping Canadians in Need Three Key Corporate Objectives • Help Canadians in need to access affordable, sound and suitable housing. • Facilitate access to more affordable, better quality housing for all Canadians. • Ensure the Canadian housingsystem remains one of the best systems in the world. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  4. CMHC AND PLANNING “Even the actual lay-out of neighbourhoods was affected by CMHC: the curved streets, courts and crescents so much a part of the Canadian city`s landscape owes much to Dave Mansur, CMHC’s first president, and CMHC’s planners of the day, who worked to find ways to slow down traffic in residential areas. That rationale is still used in developing new neighbourhoods today.” CANADIAN HERITAGE.ORG CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  5. Helping Canadians in Need • Four key areas of focus within CMHC’s broader objective of “Helping Canadians in Need”: • Aboriginal Housing • Housing Programs • Canada’s Economic Action Plan • Affordable Housing Centre CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  6. Helping Canadians in Need Affordable Housing Centre – Advancing Affordable Housing Solutions • CMHC helps create affordable housing through its Affordable Housing Centre by working with the non-profit and private sectors, as well as municipalities and others who are interested in producing affordable housing. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  7. It begins with a Vision Considering an affordable housing project ? CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  8. CMHC Affordable Housing Centre Affordable housing for your community - CMHC’s Affordable Housing Centre has a team of experts that can help connect you with the tools, resources and people you need to develop affordable housing in your community. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  9. Advancing Affordable Housing Solutions CMHC’s team of experts offer: • A diverse background and experience • Unbiased information and advice • A comprehensive inventory of information, tools and resources to advance affordable housing • Reliable housing information • Financial incentives and assistance through various CMHC programs and products CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  10. Advancing Affordable Housing Solutions Tools and Resources Interactive Web Forums Housing Development Checklist Housing Development Fact Sheets Affordable Housing Strategies and Case Studies Research Highlights Project Viability Assessment Tool Affordable Housing Project Profiles Affordable Housing Success Stories CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  11. Tools and Resources CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  12. Tools and Resources Online Interactive Tools CMHC’s Project Viability Assessment Tool helps groups make an initial assessment of their project’s Financial viability CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

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  14. Housing Information Information from CMHC Research and Market Analysis can be used to help develop an affordable housing proposal CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  15. Financial Incentives CMHC offers financial incentives to help with some of the activities in the early stages of developing a housing proposal CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  16. Seed Funding CMHC’s Seed Funding program offers financial assistance to groups who are in the very early stages of developing an affordable housing proposal. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  17. Proposal Development Funding CMHC’s Proposal Development Fund (PDF) program provides repayable interest-free loans to help with up-front expenses. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  18. CMHC Mortgage Loan Insurance To support the creation of affordable housing units, CMHC enables lenders to offer even more financing flexibilities to home buyers and developers of rental projects. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  19. Mortgage Loan Insurance for Affordable Rental Housing CMHC’S Mortgage Loan Insurance Flexibilities were created to help facilitate the production of affordable rental projects. The flexibilities allow: • Reduced equity requirements / Larger loans • Premium discounts • Flexibility in cash flow requirements • Loan advancing flexibility CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

  20. CMHC AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

  21. Your Key To Advancing Affordable Housing Solutions Discover the solutions available from CMHC’s Affordable Housing Centre! Let us make your affordable housing initiative a success, visit www.cmhc.ca/affordablehousing Or call 1-877-499-7245 CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION

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