Housing fund installment hits Burlington city coffers

The city’s HAF implementation budget documents the CMHC‑approved total as $21,156,284.60 and ties that full amount to a detailed Action Plan with milestones and an implementation budget. (burlingtonpublishing.escribemeetings.com) Burlington’s HAF Action Plan lists seven initiatives including permitting up to four units “as‑of‑right,” creating a Housing Connections Centre, and implementing a Community Planning Permit System to speed approvals. (cmhc‑schl.gc.ca) The municipality’s HAF target documented on the city site commits to delivering 2,724 new residential units by December 31, 2026 under the agreed Action Plan. (burlington.ca) Council has earmarked $7.4 million of HAF dollars for the city’s Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to fund Additional Residential Unit and other incentive programs. (burlingtontoday.com) As of May 15, 2025 the city had received roughly $10.5 million of the approved HAF funding, with the balance contingent on meeting the Action Plan’s housing targets and milestone reporting to CMHC. (burlingtontoday.com) CMHC’s program rules require recipients to take 25% up‑front with three annual follow‑up payments tied to verified progress; CMHC launched a public HAF Progress Tracker on Jan. 12, 2026 to monitor municipalities’ milestone reporting and payments. (cmhc‑schl.gc.ca) Council adopted the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan on April 15, 2025, which includes 10 financial‑incentive programs and used HAF funding to implement ARU incentives in 2025. (burlington.ca)