Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has named the recipients of the Game-Changer prize through its Housing Supply Challenge (HSC), distributing $15 million among four submissions to support efforts to increase housing development.

“Innovators across the country have answered the call of the Housing Supply Challenge and I’m thrilled to see the work these Game-Changers are doing to accelerate housing production,” said Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson. “These projects will make a positive difference in communities for generations to come.”

Promise Robotics, a Toronto-based start-up that aims to “revolutionize the homebuilding industry by integrating AI and robotics into every stage of construction” won the Game-Changer Gold prize. The company’s mission is to address Canada’s housing crisis by making homebuilding faster, more affordable, and scalable in the face of rising costs and labour shortages.

Winning the Game-Changer Silver prize, the following three recipients were honoured:

• Tapestry Community Capital – which produces a tool enabling non-profits, charities, and co-operatives to raise capital from their supporters to fund impactful projects.
• Mddl – creator of a redevelopment platform that helps property owners, independent builders, and municipalities more efficiently tackle middle housing development.
• One Bowl – Tree to Home – an Indigenous-led, not-for-profit housing initiative based in Northern Ontario that aims to transform the housing supply chain for First Nations communities.

For more information, visit the Housing Supply Challenge website.