Mr. Speaker, with regard to the housing accelerator fund, with respect to part (a), in processing parliamentary returns, the government applies the Privacy Act and the principles set out in the Access to Information Act, and as there are no agreements in place for applications that remain unfunded through the housing accelerator fund, the information has been withheld on the grounds that it qualifies for an exemption under operations of government.
To protect the confidentiality of CMHC’s partners and proponents, information regarding applications or potential projects cannot be released publicly until CMHC has a signed agreement with the proponent and a public announcement takes place.
The housing accelerator fund program received 544 applications, of which 179 resulted in signed agreements, including the agreement with the Province of Quebec. For more information and progress report on the housing accelerator fund, please consult CMHC’s website: https://www.placetocallhome.ca/progress-on-the-national-housing-strategy.
With respect to part (b), over 140,700 new estimated units were identified in the applications that were not selected. Under the current successful agreements, CMHC estimates 750,000 new units will be built over the next decade.