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Case Study Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing

Case study: Sustainable homes, stronger community

  Summary  Facing an affordable housing crisis and rising to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Waterloo Region Housing (WRH) has undertaken its first net-zero community housing build. Winning a 2024 Sustainable Communities Award, the project features a variety…

February 11, 2025

Resource Trees Trees

Factsheet: Planting trees to restore and connect ecosystems

Does your community want to enhance biodiversity and better manage its natural assets? This factsheet explores how thoughtful tree planting and urban forest management can restore and connect habitats to enhance urban biodiversity, ecosystem health and ecosystem structure.  Biodiversity in the…

March 18, 2025

Funding Transportation

Safe and Active School Routes

Access funding, peer learning and expert support to build safer, more active school routes with the Safe and Active School Routes accelerator initiative.

April 16, 2025

Accelerating Safe and active school routes
Event Climate change adaptation

Equitable adaptation workshop series

Join municipal peers for a virtual workshop on equitable climate adaptation implementation. Learn practical ways to embed equity into local projects.

Four adults of diverse backgrounds collaborate around a table in a bright meeting room.
Funding Sustainable affordable housing

Capital project: New construction of sustainable affordable housing

We provide grants and loans to support the construction of a new affordable housing project to a higher energy performance standard.This funding supports measures to install physical infrastructure to create new housing units that are designed to achieve net-zero emissions (NZE) or Net-Zero Energy …

May 7, 2020

House with solar panels
Funding Sustainable affordable housing

Study: Retrofit or new construction of sustainable affordable housing

We fund studies to support the integration of leading-edge deep energy-efficiency measures and onsite renewable energy generation in affordable housing retrofits and new builds.Housing providers can use a study grant to assess the approaches needed to implement an eligible pilot or capital project …

May 7, 2020

Resource Trees Trees

Guide and template: Create a tree planting plan for your community

.external-link::after { display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Pro"; content: ""; margin-left: 5px; font-weight: 500 } Have you considered expanding the tree canopy in your community? Do you have a tree planting project in mind but are unsure where to sta…

February 27, 2025