<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">FYI:</span></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt">CMHC: Launch of the 2021 Solutions Labs call for proposals</span></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Calibri">The pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a place to call home. As complex problems continue to persist in the housing industry, innovative solutions are needed now more than ever to ensure Canadians are able to access a home that meets their needs. On October 25, 2021, <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmhc-schl.gc.ca%2Fen&data=04%7C01%7CJean.Sorensen%40ottawa.ca%7C3201f3b501394552a2e908d9b44854df%7Cdfcc033ddf874c6ea1b88eaa73f1b72e%7C0%7C0%7C637739046055337695%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2FDsdkF2aiaYA2tnLtSiq2C2qGDtuhVlzh306G4TixaU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation</u></font></a> (CMHC) launched a call for applications for the <a href="mailto:https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/project-funding-and-mortgage-financing/funding-programs/all-funding-programs/solution-labs" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1"><u>2021 Solutions Labs</u></font></a>.</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Calibri">The <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmhc-schl.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fprofessionals%2Fproject-funding-and-mortgage-financing%2Ffunding-programs%2Fall-funding-programs%2Fsolution-labs&data=04%7C01%7CJean.Sorensen%40ottawa.ca%7C3201f3b501394552a2e908d9b44854df%7Cdfcc033ddf874c6ea1b88eaa73f1b72e%7C0%7C0%7C637739046055347649%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=IBiSI7g%2BWMWBj%2FAmJoWdh8ubHTmDstJMLnS0%2Fp%2FFeA0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Solutions Labs</u></font></a> program is a $3 million program under the National Housing Strategy (NHS) that provides individuals, corporations and organizations with funding ranging from $25,000 to $250,000 to take innovative and unconventional approaches to develop, incubate and scale potential solutions to housing challenges under the NHS’s <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmhc-schl.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fnhs%2Fguidepage-strategy%2Fpriority-areas-for-action&data=04%7C01%7CJean.Sorensen%40ottawa.ca%7C3201f3b501394552a2e908d9b44854df%7Cdfcc033ddf874c6ea1b88eaa73f1b72e%7C0%7C0%7C637739046055357602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=O%2Fq%2BmxdezAD46eoQBPqPey50oAhlnza9kIjU7mDdCkQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1"><u>key priority areas</u></font></a>.</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Calibri">Part of the program's role is to deepen Solutions Lab participants’ understanding of specific housing challenges by exposing them to the perspectives of other participants. By enabling groups to work together, the Labs can develop collective, relevant and responsive solutions to these challenges. The successful solutions will support the strengthening of the affordable housing sector across Canada.</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px"><font face="Calibri">Proposals must be related to the <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmhc-schl.gc.ca%2Fen%2Fnhs%2Fguidepage-strategy%2Fpriority-areas-for-action&data=04%7C01%7CJean.Sorensen%40ottawa.ca%7C3201f3b501394552a2e908d9b44854df%7Cdfcc033ddf874c6ea1b88eaa73f1b72e%7C0%7C0%7C637739046055357602%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=O%2Fq%2BmxdezAD46eoQBPqPey50oAhlnza9kIjU7mDdCkQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><font color="#0563C1"><u>NHS’s key priority areas</u></font></a> or vulnerable priority populations. Priority will be given to proposals that focus on the following groups, which have been under represented in previous years:</font></div><ul style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;margin:0px;padding-left:36pt"><font face="Calibri"><li style="margin-left:15px">racialized groups;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">women and children fleeing domestic violence;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">members of the LGBTQ2+ community;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">veterans; and,</li><li style="margin-left:15px">people dealing with mental health or addiction issues.</li></font></ul><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.666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