The Benefits of Healthy Housing

Healthy Housing™ provides a healthy indoor environment, conserves the earth's resources, minimizes pollution — and it's affordable.

CMHC has worked with builders, designers, all levels of government, manufacturers and material suppliers to develop economically viable ways to design and build housing that enhances human and environmental health.

Builders learn that Healthy Housing™ allows them to use local materials very efficiently, and to construct competitively priced homes with value-added features.

Occupants find that Healthy Housing™ homes are less expensive and easier to maintain and provide increased comfort and improved indoor air quality for better health.

Communities discover that Healthy Housing™ places less pressure on municipal services, which leads to lower costs for local governments.

And the Earth benefits, too. Healthy Housing™ results in less pollution of air and water than conventional