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Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative - Quebec - Canada
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Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative

Supports affordable housing projects in Quebec
Offered by
Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)
Funding available
Varies by project
Deadline
Closed
Location
Quebec, Canada
Who can apply

Cooperatives

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Overview

Le Programme d’habitation abordable Québec soutient des projets de logements abordables privés, including the Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative for organismes and other eligible applicants in Québec. It finances projects involving highly prefabricated construction, adapted site implantation, and related professional services, works, and standard common-area furnishings.
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Funding available

Financing goals
  • Increase performance through digital transformation
  • Develop a new program or service
  • Increase social or community impact
Eligible Funding
  • Varies by project
Funds Providers

Eligible candidates

Eligible Industries
  • All industries
Location
  • Quebec
Legal structures
  • Non-profit
  • Public or Parapublic institution
  • Non-financial cooperative
Annual revenue
  • All revenue ranges
Organisation size
  • All organization sizes
Audience
  • All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
  • All industries
Target groups
  • All the groups
Revenue structures
  • All structures
Scope
  • All dimensions

Next Steps

1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility

Activities funded

  • Construction of a building or a group of buildings with highly prefabricated components.
  • Use of the conception-construction en planification optimisée (CCPO) model.
  • Adaptation of the reference housing solution to site conditions and applicable municipal requirements.

Documents Needed

  • The project presentation, the financial assistance application, and the project implementation schedule.
  • The board of directors resolution.
  • The municipality letter of interest.
  • Letters patent or constituting articles, articles of incorporation, and additional letters patent, if applicable.
  • The Revenu Québec attestation and the RCMP criminal record verification attestation for the applicant and all administrators if the applicant is a private company.

Eligibility

Who is eligible?

  • Cooperatives
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Any other person, trust, partnership, or group of persons legally constituted and registered in the Québec enterprise register

Who is not eligible

  • Natural persons
  • Applicants that defaulted on obligations linked to previous financial assistance from the SHQ in the two years before the application
  • Public establishments, private contracted establishments, or intermediate resources

Eligible expenses

  • Costs related to acquiring the immovable and related fees, or to the capitalization of the emphyteutic rent, up to the value of the immovable
  • Project preparation and development expenses, including permits
  • Professional fees for studies and reports, design, and monitoring of the works
  • Construction costs related to the residential part of the project, including labour, materials, technological acquisition, control material, and standard land development
  • Interest on development financing and interim financing for up to 48 months

Ineligible Costs and Activities

  • Furniture or household appliances for dwellings other than the chambre typology
  • Dishware, utensils, kitchen accessories, bedding, cleaning products, and maintenance products
  • Work related to adapting a dwelling
  • Work to bring aqueduct and sewer services to the land
  • Expenses related to contractors registered in the RENA

Selection criteria

  • Guarantee and potential for realization, including experience and expertise, planning and organization quality, and simplicity of implementation — 30 points.
  • Financing structure, including the realization budget and operating budget — 30 points.
  • Presence of issues related to housing creation — 20 points.
  • Community support and site quality — 20 points.

How to apply

  • Consult the program’s normative framework.
  • Create a SHQ user account or log in with an existing account.
  • Provide the information requested in the project submission platform.
  • Upload all required documents to the Web platform.

Processing and Agreement

  • After analysis, the SHQ selects the projects that best meet the evaluation criteria and the program objectives.
  • The selected applicant receives a letter of selection and then, after full analysis, a final acceptance letter.
  • The project must then be covered by a convention de réalisation et d’exploitation between the SHQ and the applicant before construction starts.
  • For selected projects, the SHQ matches the applicant with a selected design-builder and acts as an intermediary.
  • The applicant must then sign the conception-construction contract with the matched design-builder.

Additional information

  • The SHQ has developed a project delivery model called conception-construction en planification optimisée (CCPO), based on a predefined solution immobilière de référence (SIR).

Contacts

phaq@shq.gouv.qc.ca

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative Program

What is the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative?

Le Programme d’habitation abordable Québec soutient des projets de logements abordables privés, including the Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative for organismes and other eligible applicants in Québec. It finances projects involving highly prefabricated construction, adapted site implantation, and related professional services, works, and standard common-area furnishings.

Who is eligible for the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative program?

To be eligible for the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative program, you must: The applicant must exercise activities related to real estate. The applicant must be a cooperative, a non-profit organization, or another legally constituted and registered entity. The project must be carried out in an immovable owned perpetually by the applicant, or under an emphyteutic lease for a minimum of 50 years.

What expenses are eligible under Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative?

Construction of a building or a group of buildings with highly prefabricated components. Use of the conception-construction en planification optimisée (CCPO) model. Adaptation of the reference housing solution to site conditions and applicable municipal requirements.

Who can I contact for more information about the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative?

You can contact Quebec Housing Society (SHQ) by email at phaq@shq.gouv.qc.ca.

Where is the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative available?

The Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative program is available the province of Quebec.

Is the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative a grant, loan, or tax credit?

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative is a Grant and Funding

Who are the financial supporters of the Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative?

Quebec Affordable Housing Program (QAHP) — Component 3: Highly Prefabricated Multi-Unit Housing Initiative is funded by Quebec Housing Society (SHQ)