{"id":24574,"date":"2019-04-18T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellesleyinstitute.com\/?p=24574"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:42:56","slug":"investing-in-innovative-housing-solutions-eleven-solutions-lab-proposals-to-receive-funding-through-the-nhs-solutions-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellesleyinstitute.com\/housing\/investing-in-innovative-housing-solutions-eleven-solutions-lab-proposals-to-receive-funding-through-the-nhs-solutions-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Innovative Housing Solutions Eleven Solutions Lab Proposals to Receive Funding Through the NHS Solutions Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 18, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

OTTAWA, ON<\/strong> \u2014 Finding solutions to housing challenges such as affordability, social inclusion, Northern and remote supports, Indigenous housing provision, and environmental sustainability is key to ensuring that more Canadians have access housing that meets their needs and that they can afford.<\/p>\n

Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and the Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), announced $2.2 million in funding for eleven projects recipients through the National Housing Strategy (NHS) Solutions Labs Initiative. Funding for successful projects ranges from $25,000 to $250,000.<\/p>\n

The NHS Solutions Labs initiative provides housing stakeholders with funding and expert innovation lab consultants to help solve complex housing problems using innovation methods and tools.<\/p>\n

Outcomes from the Solutions Labs will better-equip housing stakeholders with practical solutions that will support a culture of innovation by fostering partnerships, replication as well as creating and disseminating real-world data for evidence-based decision-making leading to more housing affordability solutions.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWorking collaboratively, experts and housing stakeholders with diverse experience and knowledge, are developing solutions to identified housing issues within the Strategy\u2019s key priority areas. The solution lab approach draws on the strengths, empathy, creativity, and wisdom of a collective to explore new ways of making progress on a complex housing problem. These solutions will help strengthen, better equip and innovate the affordable housing sector in Canada. Congratulations to all the recipients and also to all of those who submitted their work to the NHS Solutions Labs Initiative program.\u201d \u2013<\/strong> The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Funding for Solutions Labs is available to those who wish to address housing related issues identified under the National Housing Strategy\u2019s priority areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n