Eligible property types

Single detached: A dwelling unit^{Footnote 1} with walls and roofs independent of any other building. If two houses are connected only through a garage or an unheated space, both houses are considered to be detached.

Townhomes and row housing: A style of home that shares one or more walls with adjacent properties but has its own entrances. Townhomes have multiple floors whereas row housing can have one or more floors. Their styles vary based on the number of walls shared with neighbours. Row house (end unit), row house (middle unit) and back-to-back townhome are examples of this property type.

Mobile home: A movable dwelling unit designed and constructed to be transported by road on its own chassis to a site and placed on a permanent foundation such as blocks, posts or a pad.

Permanently moored floating home: A structure floating in water that incorporates a flotation system that maintains the building envelope above the waterline (typically greater than 400 mm [15.75 in.]) under normal load conditions. The floating home is not primarily intended for, or usable in, navigation and does not include a watercraft designed or intended for navigation.

Low-rise multi-unit residential building (MURB): A three-storey building or less with a footprint of 600 m² or less that contains between 2 and 100 units. A MURB^{Footnote 2} must be either fully or partially stacked (up/down) or joined by a common area and must have a private entrance either from the outside of the building or from a common space. A low-rise apartment building, triplex, duplex, or house with a secondary suite^{Footnote 3} are examples of MURBs.

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Mixed-use building (residential portion only): A building that is a mix of residential and non-residential occupancies (that is, residential housing combined with either commercial or retail space in any of the eligible property types). The combined total floor area of the non-residential spaces must be less than that of the residential spaces (that is, areas used for dwelling units and common spaces). It also must not exceed 300 m², excluding parking garages that serve residential occupancies.