The City of Burlington has received an additional $2,112,000 from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) to help further address housing challenges in the city.

Burlington qualified for the additional funding mainly due to its agreement to support the CMHC catalogue and new residential zoning bylaw. The new zoning bylaw expands permissions for a range of low-rise “missing middle” housing, such as Additional Residential Units (ARUs) and townhouse units.

With ongoing investments from the CMHC, a key goal for the City has been to support local property owners and housing providers in building new rental, affordable and missing middle housing and has undertaken a number of strategies.