Overview
The Province of British Columbia created the Community Housing Fund in 2018. This fund is a $3.3-billion investment to build more than 20,000 affordable rental homes for people with moderate and low incomes by 2031-32. Nearly 14,000 of these homes are open or underway across the province.
This fund supports the development and operations of mixed-income rental housing for individuals, couples, families, seniors, and people with disabilities, capable of living independently without on-site support services.
Request for Proposals
On May 30, 2025, BC Housing opened a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Community Housing Fund (CHF). This means organizations can apply for funding to support housing projects.
This is a rolling RFP. BC Housing is accepting applications through a series of sequential intake windows and will continue to do so until all available funding has been allocated.
At the end of each round, BC Housing reviews all proposals and notifies applicants whether they will receive funding.
Note: Applicants who are not awarded funding in the initial round may be invited to reapply in a future intake, provided they meet the conditions outlined in the application guide.
Timeline
Proposal Intake A opened on May 30 and closed July 31, 2025. We expect to open the next proposal intake (Intake B) with a revised RFP later in Fall 2025.
Who is eligible to submit a proposal?
- The primary applicant must be a non-profit society, housing co-op, municipal housing provider legally incorporated in Canada or First Nation.
- Public/private partnerships are allowable if they work with one of these groups, and that group is the primary applicant.