{"id":185341,"date":"2025-01-28T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=185341"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:09:29","slug":"district-announces-funding-to-help-boost-affordable-housing-in-muskoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-announces-funding-to-help-boost-affordable-housing-in-muskoka\/","title":{"rendered":"District announces funding to help boost affordable housing in Muskoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From the District Municipality of Muskoka<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Muskoka Affordable Housing Initiatives Program (MAHIP), two funding opportunities are now available for eligible builders, developers, and homeowners to help boost the supply of affordable housing across the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>Through MAHIP, the District can support builders small and large with getting more affordable housing built.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen a huge increase in the interest in this program and are delighted to be able to offer more grants this year, through the Big Move on Housing,\u201d said District Chair Jeff Lehman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funding Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAHIP Capital Incentive Program: Multi-Residential Rental Units<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The District will provide up to $100,000 per unit for developers and builders to create affordable rental housing through new construction or conversions of existing buildings such as schools, churches, or retail spaces, into multi-unit housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAHIP Capital Incentive Program: Additional Residential Units (ARUs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The District will provide up to $50,000 per unit for homeowners\/property owners to create ARUs (also known as secondary suites), such as basement apartments or garden suites, which can provide flexible housing options and rental income for families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For detailed program information, eligibility, and applications, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muskoka.on.ca\/mahip\">www.muskoka.on.ca\/mahip<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Muskoka\u2019s action towards housing for everyone at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muskoka.on.ca\/housing\">www.muskoka.on.ca\/housing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the District Municipality of Muskoka Through the Muskoka Affordable Housing Initiatives Program (MAHIP), two funding opportunities are now available for eligible builders, developers, and homeowners to help boost the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":140310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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