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Safe & Affordable Housing

Georgia provides programs to help residents in need find safe and affordable housing.

Apply for the Housing Choice Voucher Program

The Housing Choice Voucher Program can help families find safe, affordable rentals.

Find Available Rental Housing

You can find safe, affordable rental housing through an online search tool.

Apply for the Georgia Dream Homeownership Program

The Georgia Dream Homeownership Program provides affordable mortgage financing for eligible homebuyers.

Tax Credits for Affordable Housing

Tax credits for landlords of affordable rental housing for low-income tenants.

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Program overview

Subsidized housing is long-term housing for people who permanently reside in British Columbia. Rental fees are calculated on a rent geared to income basis (30% of household total gross income, subject to minimum rent based on # of people).

You may be eligible for subsidized housing if you can live independently and meet the household, residency, income and assets criteria.

See our Glossary for help with definitions.

Housing Registry Apply Online

Am I eligible?

Read through sections A-F to confirm your eligibility. See section 7. Questions (below) for additional information.

Find and select housing

Use the Housing Listings to find subsidized housing in B.C. There are two ways that you can apply to buildings and the Housing Listings will let you know for each building what the application process is. You will need to apply for each building by either:

1. Applying to The Housing Registry. The Registry allows your single application form to be considered for available units managed by BC Housing and a number of non-profit and co-operative housing providers that have chosen to use The Housing Registry database.
2. Apply directly to non-profit societies and co-operatives that manage their own application processes.

Note:

• Housing Listings is not a list of buildings with vacancies.
• The Housing Listings also includes Affordable Rental Housing where rents are not based on income but are set equal to, or lower than, average private market rents in the community.

Determine the number of bedrooms you qualify for.

The size of unit required by a household is governed by the National Occupancy Standards

National Occupancy Standards

1. There shall be no more than 2 or less than 1 person per bedroom.
2. Spouses and couples share a bedroom.
3. Parents do not share a bedroom with children.
4. Dependants aged 18 or more do not share a bedroom.
5. Dependants aged 5 or more of opposite sex do not share a bedroom.

The following guidelines are used when applying the National Occupancy Standards:

• In recognition of a variety of co-parenting arrangements, a dependent child who resides with their parent(s) a minimum of 40 per cent of the time will qualify as a permanent member of the household when determining eligibility and appropriate unit size.
• Single applicants (seniors or people with disabilities) are eligible to apply for bachelor and one-bedroom units.
• Couples (two individuals) are only eligible to apply for one bedroom units, as they would be under-housed in a bachelor unit.
• To maximize the use of limited one-bedroom units, priority for available one bedroom units is generally applied as follows:
  • Couples
  • Single applicants with a documented medical need for a one-bedroom unit
  • All other single applicants.

How to use The Housing Listings

1. Go to Housing Listings.
2. Enter where you want to live, and then select the minimum and maximum number of bedrooms you need. Click Search.
3. Under Refine your results you can narrow your search results.
4. View the list. For more information on the buildings that interest you, click View Building Details.
5. In Building Details, under How to Apply, you can see if applications are accepted by The Housing Registry or if you need to apply directly to the housing provider.
6. You can make a note of the How to Apply Information:
   The Housing Registry – make a note of the Building Code to include it on your application; or
   The phone number, address, email or website address for applying directly to a housing provider.

Tip:To increase your chances of obtaining a unit, apply to all of the buildings that meet your needs.

Paper application process

If you are not completing an application online, you must download and complete the  Housing Registry Application Form . If you can't download the form, you may have the form mailed to you or pick one up in person:

• Complete the online request form to have the form mailed to you.
• Call us toll-free at 1-800-257-7756 or call 604-433-2218 in the Lower Mainland to have the form mailed to you.
• Go to any BC Housing office or Housing Registry access point to pick up the form.

Once you have completed the Housing Registry Application Form you can submit it in one of the following ways:

• Scan and Upload: using our Program Upload Form
• In person: Bring your application package to the nearest BC Housing office
• By mail: The Housing Registry, BC Housing, 101-4555 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4V8
• By fax: 604-439-4729

Please do not include any original documents, only photocopies.

Once your application has been processed, notification will be sent by mail.

Applicants in special circumstances

Some housing providers give additional consideration to households that are at risk of homelessness, at risk of violence and/or have a serious health condition that is affected by their current housing. Applicants who meet these criteria may consider having a Housing Registry Supplemental Form completed by someone who can verify their situation.

For a full list of third-party verifiers, please see the Frequently Asked Questions at the bottom of this page.

Download the Housing Registry Supplemental Application Form

Apply directly to non-profit and co-op housing providers

Not all non-profit societies and co-operatives use The Housing Registry as their applicant database, so to increase your chances of securing subsidized housing, we recommend that you apply directly to these non-profit societies and co-operatives.

Sometimes you may find that non-profit and co-operative housing providers are not accepting new applications because of the number of applicants already on their applicant lists. These applicant lists re-open as vacancies become available, so check back with the housing provider.

Many housing co-operatives will provide information on whether they are accepting applications on the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC’s website.

Once you have applied to non-profit and co-operative housing providers, make sure that you keep your application up-to-date.

After you apply

When will I receive an offer for subsidized housing? The demand for subsidized housing far exceeds the available supply. As a result, it is not possible to predict when a unit may come available. Wait times depend on the number of unit turnovers and the needs of other households applying for housing. To increase your chances of obtaining a unit, select a range of developments with The Housing Registry and apply directly to developments that are not part of the registry.

Housing needs categories BC Housing places applicants into one of five categories, with priority based on the urgency of their housing need:

• Applicants facing a severe risk to health and/or safety, such as homelessness or living in a homeless shelter.

• Applicants with serious health/medical/social needs, such as risk of homelessness, fleeing domestic abuse, living in severely inadequate housing, or transitioning to a more independent living situation.

• Applicants whose housing need is moderate compared with the two previous categories, such as living in temporary or inadequate accommodation.

• Applicants with a specialized housing need or low housing need, such as living in marginally crowded housing.

• Applicants for the low end market units found in some subsidized buildings.

In each category, applicants are listed in order of the date they apply.

Priority for public housing units managed by BC Housing is provided to people with the greatest need. Some non-profit and co-operative housing providers may use other selection methods. Check with each group to find out how they select tenants.

Keep your application up to date and active

Now that you've completed the application process, you must keep your application up to date. To make sure your application stays active, try to update your application:

• Once every six months
• Whenever any of your information changes; this includes:
  • You change your phone number, email address or mailing address
  • Your rent or income increases or decreases
  • Your health or relationship status changes
  • Your household size changes

Please provide day and evening phone numbers, or the phone number of a contact person, so housing providers can contact you if a unit becomes available.

If BC Housing does not hear from an applicant for over six months, their application will be put on hold and a card requesting an update will be mailed to the last known address. If there is no response or the card is returned, the application will be cancelled and the applicant may need to complete a new application in order to be considered for housing in the future.

To update your application:

• By phone: Call The Housing Registry Inquiry Line at 604-433-2218, or 1-800-257-7756 outside the Lower Mainland.
• By fax: Fax a letter with your name, file number, previous information, and new information to The Housing Registry at 604-439-4729.
• By mail: Mail a letter with your name, file number, previous information, and new information to The Housing Registry at:
  BC Housing Home Office, 101-4555 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC  V5H 4V8. Office hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm.
• In person: Letters can also be dropped off at your local BC Housing office.

Note: If you are in the Lower Mainland, please drop off your letter at the BC Housing Home Office address listed above. Do not drop off applications at Fraser Region or Vancouver Coastal Region offices.

If you applied directly with non-profit and co-operative housing providers that manage their own applicant lists, ask them how you can keep your file up to date and how often they want you to contact them.

Frequently Asked Questions

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