Deadline: 26-Jun-25
The Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program – Health and Safety Water Stream (MHIPHSWS) is an application-based program which aims to protect communities by investing in the development, rehabilitation and expansion of core water, wastewater, stormwater, and water management, flood, and erosion infrastructure projects to address critical health and safety issues while maintaining the current housing stock.
Objectives
- Eligible projects must meet the following project outcomes:
- Support aging water infrastructure to improve critical health and safety issues in Ontario;
- Preserve the province’s current housing stock to increase options for Ontario residents looking for a home; and
- Promote resiliency and adaptation across communities in Ontario.
Funding Information
- They are providing $175 million in funding through the Health and Safety Water Stream under the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program.
Duration
- Projects must start no later than June 30, 2026, and be completed by March 31, 2029.
Eligible Projects
- To be eligible for funding, projects must:
- protect or maintain housing units that are otherwise compromised by health and safety risks
- demonstrate that they will create climate resiliency and adaptation
- be new construction, rehabilitation or expansion
- have not started construction
- have a clear start and end date
- start no later than June 30, 2026, and must be completed by March 31, 2029
- include a capital component and may also include pre-construction planning and design work
Outcomes
- Increased/restored drinking water/wastewater/stormwater infrastructure capacity, while the associated public health and safety risk is being addressed.
- Increased/restored drinking water/wastewater/stormwater infrastructure capacity, while the associated public health and safety risk is being addressed.
- Increased/restored drinking water/wastewater/stormwater infrastructure capacity, while the associated public health and safety risk is being addressed.
- Promote resiliency and adaptation across communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include:
- Municipalities in Ontario defined under the Municipal Act, 2001
- Indigenous communities in Ontario, defined as Band Councils under the Indian Act (i.e., Indian Act Band Councils)
- Joint projects between multiple eligible applicants are encouraged.
- Each municipality and each First Nation are allowed to submit only one application.
- Each eligible applicant may only submit a maximum of one project for this intake. If an eligible applicant participates in a joint application, the joint project will be counted as their single project submission.
Key Dates
- Municipal applications and all supporting documentations must be submitted through TPON by June 26, 2025.
- First Nations applications and all supporting documentations must be submitted through TPON by July 10, 2025.
For more information, visit Ontario Government.