About the National Housing Strategy

The Strategy

Learn more about Canada’s largest and most ambitious federal housing program in Canadian history – the National Housing Strategy.

The Act

In 2019, Parliament passed the National Housing Strategy Act that recognizes housing as a human right. Understand more about the law in the Act.

Consultations

Public consultations help CMHC learn more about what you think about new initiatives. Take one of our surveys.

Human rights-based approach to housing

Understand why and how housing is recognized as a human right in Canada under the National Housing Strategy Act.