Programs

This program is another rent-geared to income option for eligible applicants and landlords.  A supplement or subsidy is paid by the government to bridge the gap between the market rent charged for a unit and the amount a tenant can pay based on his/her income.

This program, funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS), provides the District with a Community Relations Worker (CRW) whose goals are:

• to improve access to and connect households that are homeless with community services;
• to support households experiencing homelessness to obtain and keep longer-term housing;
• and to assist households at risk of homelessness. 

The CRW assists community members in finding housing, and provides tenant and landlord education, tenant and landlord mediation, and public education on homelessness and affordable housing issues. 

We administer a Fund that accesses municipal and provincial funds to help vulnerable families struggling with hydro and rental arrears, connection fees, and other housing crises.  Whenever possible, we try to help maintain the tenancies involved because of the lack of affordable and adequate housing in the District