Better Homes Kingston Program Relaunch

Better Homes Kingston

Calling all homeowners who are interested in making their home more energy efficient and climate friendly! The City of Kingston intends to relaunch the Better Homes Kingston program in 2026 and we're looking for your feedback.

Take the short survey below and sign up for the program waitlist to be notified when the next round of funding goes live.

Background

Better Homes Kingston is a local improvement charge (LIC) financing program that encourages homeowners to undertake deep-energy retrofits. The pilot program was offered with assistance from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund (FCM), participating homeowners can qualify for up to $40,000 in loans and incentives to complete retrofits that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Participants used the funds to install source air heat pumps, solar panels, improved insulation and more.

Established in 2022, this municipal program faced high demand, completing:

  • 368 projects with 66% average greenhouse gas emissions reductions per project, making it one of the most successful energy retrofit programs in Canada
  • over 10 Million dollars spent on completed projects
  • more than 1400 total annual tonnes of GHG emissions savings (27,000 tonnes over lifetime of projects)

The next round of Better Homes Kingston is expected to relaunch for 2026 to help a new pool of Kingstonians upgrade their homes to save energy!

Get Involved

Your input will help us ensure the program offerings best serve participants.

  • Take the survey below before August 14.
  • Email GetInvolvedKingston@CityofKingston.ca or call 613-546-0000 for an alternate format of the survey.
  • When submitting your feedback, you will also have the option to express interest in participating in a focus group, which will take place in September.

Are you a contractor or service provider completing home energy upgrades? Complete the Better Homes Kingston contractor survey here.

Better Homes Kingston

Calling all homeowners who are interested in making their home more energy efficient and climate friendly! The City of Kingston intends to relaunch the Better Homes Kingston program in 2026 and we're looking for your feedback.

Take the short survey below and sign up for the program waitlist to be notified when the next round of funding goes live.

Background

Better Homes Kingston is a local improvement charge (LIC) financing program that encourages homeowners to undertake deep-energy retrofits. The pilot program was offered with assistance from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund (FCM), participating homeowners can qualify for up to $40,000 in loans and incentives to complete retrofits that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Participants used the funds to install source air heat pumps, solar panels, improved insulation and more.

Established in 2022, this municipal program faced high demand, completing:

  • 368 projects with 66% average greenhouse gas emissions reductions per project, making it one of the most successful energy retrofit programs in Canada
  • over 10 Million dollars spent on completed projects
  • more than 1400 total annual tonnes of GHG emissions savings (27,000 tonnes over lifetime of projects)

The next round of Better Homes Kingston is expected to relaunch for 2026 to help a new pool of Kingstonians upgrade their homes to save energy!

Get Involved

Your input will help us ensure the program offerings best serve participants.

  • Take the survey below before August 14.
  • Email GetInvolvedKingston@CityofKingston.ca or call 613-546-0000 for an alternate format of the survey.
  • When submitting your feedback, you will also have the option to express interest in participating in a focus group, which will take place in September.

Are you a contractor or service provider completing home energy upgrades? Complete the Better Homes Kingston contractor survey here.

  • What we heard

    Who we heard from

    While we dive in to the results of the Better Homes Kingston survey, we are excited to share that we heard from 296 participants. Between July 22 and August 15, we saw:

    • 275 participants in community survey
    • 21 participants in contractor survey
    • 24 new registrations on Get Involved Kingston
    • 1,819 users viewed the project page

    Next steps

    Focus groups will be taking place throughout September 2025. Staff will engage with past program participants, prospective participants and service providers to dive deeper into program considerations, barriers to participation, processes and more.

    Results from this engagement will be published on this page in October 2025.

Page last updated: 20 Aug 2025, 03:45 PM