Social Housing Apartment Improvement Program (SHAIP)

Purpose

The Social Housing Apartment Improvement Program (SHAIP) is a capital program for eligible retrofits that utilize the latest low-carbon and carbon-free energy technologies/systems in social housing apartment buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Funding

SHAIP was announced in the 2017 Federal budget and Niagara received a notional allocation of up to $2,489,627 for 2017-18 and $4,416,322 for 2018-19 to 2020-21.

Criteria

Must be social housing, i.e. must be subject to a transferred housing program under the Housing Services Act, 2011

Must be a single high-rise social housing apartment building

Must have 150 or more units for Year 1 (2017-18) and 100 or more units for Year 2 (2018-19) to Year 4 (2020-21), unless otherwise approved through a business case

Must be elevator-serviced

Eligible Building Retrofits

Replacing building heating and/or cooling systems, equipment, and associated sub-components including items such as mechanical insulation

Upgrading exterior or interior building insulation

Solar walls

Upgrading building windows and/or exterior doors

Upgrading building lighting systems including converting to light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, lighting controls, and sensors

Re-cladding or upgrading building envelopes

Retrofits that utilize low-carbon and carbon-free energy technologies/systems

The cost of required building energy audit reports

How to Apply

Housing Providers must submit a Business Case for each job/project they wish to complete with SHAIP funding. The Business Case must include supporting documentation, e.g. technical reports, quotes/estimates, etc.

More information on the SHAIP Business Case can be found at nrh.ca in the Providers section.

Reporting

Housing Providers approved for SHAIP funding will be required to:

Sign a Contribution Agreement which will describe the legal obligations and reporting requirement for the approved project

Submit invoices to receive payment for approved work under SHAIP

Track and report SHAIP funding received on their annual audited financial statements

Recovery of Funding

NRH will take all available remedies to recover funding if a Housing Provider is not in compliance with the program guidelines or fails to complete the approved work within the program timelines.