The governments of Canada and Yukon have finalized a 10-year agreement under the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF).
Through this agreement, communities across the Yukon will be able to build or improve the critical infrastructure related to drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste - that will in turn help them build more homes. Yukon will receive $74.2 million from Canada and will contribute $24.7 million to address their housing-enabling infrastructure priorities. This long-term predictable funding will accelerate housing development, increase densification, and help meet the growing demand for affordable housing.
Under CHIF, funding is available over ten years to support long-term provincial and territorial infrastructure priorities that will directly enable increased housing supply. Such initiatives could include projects that provide the critical infrastructure necessary to enable more homes or increase densification, provide the drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems required to support community growth, preserve existing capacity or increase reliability and access to drinking water, or implement waste diversion initiatives to reduce landfill use.
By working together to invest in drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste projects across the Yukon, we help ensure that all Yukoners have the capacity to support housing projects that meet the demands of a growing population.
