The Home Program
The Home Program
The Home Program provides funding to non-profit organizations to deliver projects that increase housing stability and successful tenancies for affordable housing residents or people in housing need.
2025 Funding allocations
Applications for The Home Program grants have been evaluated and grant recipients have been determined. Below are the grant recipients for 2025.
The next round of funding applications is expected to be in Q1 of 2026. Information will be provided here when it is available. Other funding and grant opportunities are available.
Contact
If you have questions about the Home Program please contact the Home Program Administrator.
View 2025 funding allocations
| Organization | Project name and description | Approved funding |
|---|---|---|
|
Highbanks
Independent Living for Parenting Youth Society |
Culturally Responsive Housing Support for Young Families Project
Aims to equip pregnant and parenting youth (ages 16-24) with the knowledge, skills, and culturally responsive support necessary to achieve long-term housing stability. |
$25,000 |
|
Potential
Place Society |
Homelessness Prevention and Diversion Project The project will use evidence-based tools to help individuals maintain stable housing, complemented by quarterly skill-building workshops with peer mentors to strengthen tenancy skills. |
$25,000 |
|
L'Arche
Calgary |
Homes in Harmony Project
Focuses on delivering training to live-in caregivers that support 21 adults with developmental disabilities and growing complex needs. |
$25,000 |
|
YW Calgary |
Financial Focus: Empowering Financial Inclusion for Housing Stability and Sustainable Tenancies
Aims to foster financial empowerment for up to 25 women with children fleeing domestic violence residing in YW Calgary's Taylor Family Home. |
$25,000 |
|
Aboriginal
Friendship Centre of Calgary (AFCC) |
Homeward Bound: Indigenous Housing Initiative
Aims to support 150 Indigenous Calgarians experiencing housing insecurity aiming to house 90% for at least 6–12 months. |
$200,000 |
|
Community
Housing Transformation Centre (The Centre) |
RentSmart Calgary: Education for Tenancy Success Initiative
This project will adapt the RentSmart curriculum for Calgary by integrating Onward Homes’ Tenancy Support Program and gathering input through focus groups with tenants, landlords, and experts. |
$168,500 |
|
Calgary Meals
on Wheels |
Bridges to Stability - A Holistic Approach to Housing Stability
This project is piloting a complimentary 30-day meal program for 120 residents facing urgent need, provide subsidized meals for 50 residents requiring longer-term assistance, and leverage existing infrastructure to ensure timely, nutritious food access. |
$113,404.32 |
|
Canadian
Mental Health Association (CMHA) |
Safe at Home: Coordinated Hoarding Prevention and Early Intervention
This project will establish a centralized Hoarding Response Team to provide intake, crisis intervention, and ongoing case management for 300 clients, alongside community navigation, peer support, referrals, eviction prevention, and public awareness efforts. |
$197,870 |
|
Centre for
Newcomers |
Pathways to Housing Stability
This project will deliver 16 virtual and in-person workshops on tenancy rights, rent budgeting, and navigating public services. |
$187,104 |
|
Bridge to
Oasis (BTO) |
Tenant-Landlord Relationships Focus Groups and Guides in 9 Languages
Provides tenant education programming in 9 languages (i.e., Arabic, Amharic, Igbo, Kiswahili, Yoruba, Tigrinya, French, Akan (Twi), and Somali) to 250 participants. |
$75,000 |
About the Home Program
The Home Program provides funding to non-profit organizations to deliver projects that increase housing stability and successful tenancies for affordable housing residents or people in housing need. Our priority areas are:
- Education and skill building - Increase knowledge and skills to successfully maintain and remain in a home.
- Financial empowerment - Strengthen financial inclusion, knowledge, behaviours and opportunities.
- Community inclusion and integration - Increase participation, engagement and involvement with the local community, services and supports.
- Initiatives that address barriers and root causes of housing instability for Indigenous people.
- Initiatives that address barriers and root causes of housing instability for Black, Racialized people, and equity-deserving communities.
There are three types of Home Program grants. These grants are for non-profit organizations that serve affordable housing residents or Calgarians in housing need, including housing providers and other service organizations. Download the Home Program grant guidelines.
Community Grant – grants for new projects up to $25,000. These are grants for projects that stimulate innovative, lasting, positive changes that will increase housing stability and successful tenancies.
Partnership Initiative Grant - grants from $25,001 - $200,000 for new projects. These larger grants aim to leverage collaboration and partnership to reduce barriers to non-market housing.
Sustainability Initiative Grant – grants for projects that have received a Home Program grant in a past year and require more support for projects that have the potential to be scaled-up, replicated, or achieve sustainability without any grant in the future. Past projects funded through a Community or Partnership Initiative grant are eligible. There is an option to choose this Grant on both the Community Grant and the Partnership Initiative application forms.