Subsidized Housing
Subsidized housing
encompasses all types of housing whereby the provincial government
provides some type of subsidy or rent assistance, including public,
non-profit and co-operative housing, as well as rent
supplements for people living in private market housing.
Types of
subsidized housing.
Financial support for
subsidized housing is generally administered based on
“rent-geared-to-income”.
Rent-geared-to-income is for low-to-moderate income
households. Tenants pay rent based on the gross income
of the household rather than paying the market rate. Affordable
rent is defined as costing no more than 30% of a
household’s total gross monthly income, subject to a
minimum rent that tenants will be asked to pay based on the number
of persons living in the home. Rent-geared-to-income units include
all public housing stock and many developments managed by
non-profit and co-operative housing providers.
Subsidized housing
developments are for people with low to moderate incomes, including
seniors, people with disabilities, individuals at risk of
homelessness, women (with or without children) at risk of violence,
Aboriginal people and low-income families.
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