Introducing CATCH
Canadian Alliance for Transit-Connected Housing
CATCH is a national initiative to protect and expand affordable housing near transit. We work with cities, communities, and investors to ensure infrastructure benefits those who need it most—through new solutions, local action, and smart investment.
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The Problem
Despite its promise to improve access and sustainability, transit-oriented development makes housing affordability worse in cities across Canada – not better. We know why.
A Solution
Social innovation for housing affordability
Our approach was born from a successful, collaborative housing lab in Hamilton, Ontario. By combining inclusive community planning, municipal coordination, and innovative social finance, we’ve built a tested solution. CATCH is now bringing this model to communities across Canada.
"This is how transit can serve inclusion—by design, not default."
What we do
Every city is unique, but many face the same affordability challenge. CATCH brings shared insight, catalytic capital, and local alignment to help drive impactful projects.
Build resources
We are building a national inventory of resources to help those interested in furthering transit-connected affordable housing
Facilitate collaboration
We facilitate local collaboratives to co-create integrated, equitable transit and housing strategies.
Apply social finance
We apply social finance tools, including the creation of blended capital funds to invest in non-market housing near transit corridors.
The CATCH Fund
Financing equitable, transit-connected affordable housing
The CATCH fund is a new blended-capital fund designed to support the acquisition, development, and preservation of community housing near transit lines. Transit investment shouldn’t price people out; it should bring them in.
Resource Centre
This growing library brings together reports, tools, presentations, and policy documents that support inclusive, transit-connected housing in communities across Canada.
Follow us
We’re growing a movement of communities, policymakers, funders, and developers committed to affordable, transit-connected housing. Let’s work together to shape what transit investments can make possible.
Partners
CATCH is hosted by SI Canada, in partnership with national and local organizations supporting systems-based affordable housing change.
CATCH received funding from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) under the NHS Demonstrations Initiative, however, the views expressed are the personal views of the author and CMHC accepts no responsibility for them.
REHAC reçu du financement de la Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (SCHL) en vertu de l’Initiative de démonstrations de la SNL. Cependant, les opinions exprimées sont les opinions personnelles de l’auteur et la SCHL n’accepte aucune responsabilité à l’égard de telles opinions.