{"id":101873,"date":"2026-01-27T14:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/?page_id=101873"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:56:16","slug":"initiative-immobiliere-communautaire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/initiative-immobiliere-communautaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiative immobili\u00e8re communautaire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"block-stylised-title theme-block aligndefault\" id=\"block_a2c3017fbfce7689c969b6e5ac516326\" style=\"text-align: center\">                            <span class=\"block-stylised-title__line block-stylised-title__line--big-thin\">A collective tool <\/span>\n                            <br>\n                  <span class=\"block-stylised-title__line block-stylised-title__line--small\"><b>to secure affordable community spaces<\/b><\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:44% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101865 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plein-Milieu.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-little-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>A cooperative response to the affordable space crisis<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Initiative immobili\u00e8re communautaire was born out of a campaign led by Centraide of Greater Montreal and the Montreal Coalition of Neighborhood Tables to address the housing insecurity faced by community organizations. More than $18 million has been used to implement a financial solution that facilitates access to spaces tailored to the agencies\u2019 needs, while respecting their financial capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><strong>\u00a9<\/strong> Plein Milieu<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Building on the results achieved in Greater Montreal, the Initiative is now entering a new phase. Since 2025, it has been rolled out across Quebec under the leadership of the National Table of Community Development Corporations (NTCDC) and with the support of the Fiducie du Chantier de l\u2019\u00e9conomie sociale. This expansion is accompanied by an additional investment of $50 million to support the development of community real estate projects throughout Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This development allows a greater number of community agencies to benefit from a proven solution that promotes the stability, sustainability, and affordability of community spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-little-title\"><strong>Three financial levers to give the community a new lease on their missions <\/strong><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Support loan program<\/strong>: This program provides professional and technical support to help agencies plan an acquisition, renovation or construction project.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social acquisition fund<\/strong> : This fund allows agencies to quickly secure the purchase of a building or piece of land so that they have enough time to finalize the project\u2019s financial structure.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social investment fund<\/strong>: This fund supports the long-term financing of community real estate projects through loans with favourable terms.<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Together, these tools combine into a unique financing continuum that strengthens agencies\u2019 ability to act and supports their missions over the long term.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-little-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Centraide, the driving force behind the mobilization<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Centraide of Greater Montreal played a central leadership role to launch and coordinate the Initiative immobili\u00e8re communautaire du Grand Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"block_bfc891e35ea83b11fc21f00c1b46bcbe\"  class=\"block-accordions aligndefault\">\n          <div class=\"faq-item accordion\">\n        <button class=\"faq-item__header accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"faq-6a688febafcb9\">\n          <p class=\"faq-item__title\">Stakeholder organization<\/p>\n          <i class=\"icon icon-arrow-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"faq-item__content accordion-content entry-content\" style=\"display:none;\" id=\"faq-6a688febafcb9\">\n          <div class=\"entry-content alignfull\">\n          \n                          <p>In 2017, Centraide brought together initial partners from the community, financial and philanthropic sectors\u2014such as the Chantier de l&#8217;\u00e9conomie sociale, CMTQ, and Lucie and Andr\u00e9 Chagnon Foundation\u2014to jointly reflect on the affordable space crisis.<\/p>\n                                  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"faq-item accordion\">\n        <button class=\"faq-item__header accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"faq-6a688febafec7\">\n          <p class=\"faq-item__title\">Leadership and governance<\/p>\n          <i class=\"icon icon-arrow-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"faq-item__content accordion-content entry-content\" style=\"display:none;\" id=\"faq-6a688febafec7\">\n          <div class=\"entry-content alignfull\">\n          \n                          <p>With the CMTQ, Centraide co-chaired the first two years of the Initiative to keep the process on par with the actual needs of community agencies.<\/p>\n                                  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"faq-item accordion\">\n        <button class=\"faq-item__header accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"faq-6a688febaff96\">\n          <p class=\"faq-item__title\">Financial and strategic support<\/p>\n          <i class=\"icon icon-arrow-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"faq-item__content accordion-content entry-content\" style=\"display:none;\" id=\"faq-6a688febaff96\">\n          <div class=\"entry-content alignfull\">\n          \n                          <p>Centraide teamed up with the Lucie and Andr\u00e9 Chagnon Foundation, McConnell Foundation, and Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation to fund the initial development phases of the Initiative, which included creating financial tools, establishing collaborative governance, and finding partner investors.<\/p>\n                                  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/section>\n  \n\n\n<p>Centraide of Greater Montreal\u2019s commitment has aligned the region\u2019s key stakeholders around a common vision to ensure that stable, affordable spaces are available over the long term to benefit both agencies and the populations they support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative launched in Greater Montreal served as the foundation for the rollout of this solution across Quebec; it is now led by the NTCDC and supported by the Fiducie du Chantier de l\u2019\u00e9conomie sociale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-little-title\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Concrete and lasting effects on the ground<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Initiative immobili\u00e8re communautaire du Grand Montr\u00e9al acts as an interface between the social and the financial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its mission:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preserve community spaces in neighbourhoods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Help agencies stay financially stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mutualize resources and spread out risk among social investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strengthening the community ecosystem in Greater Montreal and throughout Quebec.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Separateur_corpo_1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44527\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Separateur_corpo_1-1.png 609w, https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Separateur_corpo_1-1-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-little-title\"><strong><strong><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the website of the Initiative immobili\u00e8re communautaire <a href=\"https:\/\/initiativeimmobiliere.ca?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initiativeimmobiliere.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"mail-banner\" class=\"mail-banner__wrapper\" 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