Canada’s housing crisis isn’t only about building more homes. It’s also about keeping people housed and improving access to existing housing.
That’s why Partners for Affordable Housing has created the Tenant Stability Fund, designed to help nonprofit and community housing organizations create and scale programs to stabilize tenancies, prevent eviction, and create clearer pathways to permanent affordable housing.
While new housing supply may take years to deliver, housing instability happens in real time. A job loss, illness, or unexpected expense can quickly push a household into crisis. The Tenant Stability Fund fills this urgent gap by funding rapid interventions that prevent eviction, preserve existing affordable rental housing, and reduce costly and traumatic impacts of housing insecurity.
What is the Tenant Stability Fund?
The Tenant Stability Fund provides grant funding to nonprofit and charitable organizations working to keep people housed. It supports proven strategies such as rental assistance, eviction prevention programs, and tenant support services that reduce barriers to housing and help households move forward with dignity.
The Fund does not provide funding directly to individuals. Instead, grants are made to nonprofit organizations that work with households experiencing housing insecurity. Priority is given to organizations supporting people at immediate risk of eviction or homelessness, or those facing financial or systemic barriers to accessing and maintaining affordable housing.
Who can apply for funding?
The Tenant Stability Fund is open to nonprofit and charitable organizations working to support people facing housing instability. This includes registered charities, nonprofit housing providers, community-based eviction prevention and housing stabilization organizations, and Indigenous governments or service organizations.
Applicants should have experience supporting low-income or vulnerable households and the ability to deliver financial assistance and tenant supports quickly and responsibly.
What activities are eligible?
The Tenant Stability Fund is intentionally flexible. Eligible uses of funds include:
- Short-term rent supplements or rental subsidies
- Emergency financial assistance to prevent eviction
- Utility arrears and other housing-related costs
- Wraparound tenant supports and stabilization services
Up to 15% of the grant may be used for administrative and operating costs.
The goal is simple: stabilize households earlier, reduce costly downstream impacts, and strengthen nonprofit-led housing stability systems.
How to get involved
Housing stability is essential infrastructure. If you’re working on the front lines of eviction prevention and tenant support, we want to connect.
The Tenant Stability Fund uses a two-stage intake process, starting with a short concept submission through Front Door.
If your organization is running — or planning to launch or scale — a tenant stabilization initiative, we encourage you to attend an upcoming webinar where you will learn more about the Tenant Stability Fund and how to submit your project on Front Door.
Add your project to Front Door
Email frontdoor@pfah.ca to get an account.
Register for an upcoming TSF webinar
The Tenant Stability Fund grant program launches in summer 2026. Organizations seeking funding are invited to submit an overview of their Tenant Stability project through Front Door as their expression of interest for consideration.
📅 Date: April 16, 2026
🕑 Time: 1– 2 PM ET
📍 Location: Online (Live Webinar)