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Housing subsidy programs
Housing subsidy programs Corporation Waskahegen and
the Société d'Habitation du Québec
(SHQ) concerned about the needs of Natives living
off-reserves, as regards to housing, offer specific
programs addressed to the owner-occupiers in addition
to the programs AccèsLogis and Affordable Housing
that aim at the construction of new social housing
units.
After having set up a special committee in 2002, called
« comité terrain », elected to
submit an in-depth reform of the programs designed
to improve the habitat and whose report was submitted
in fall 2004, Corporation Waskahegen and the Alliance
autochtone du Québec are still waiting for
the willingness of the Quebec Government to answer
their request of a new program, better and specific
to its Native clientele. For priority reasons, that
are not those that we would have hoped for, the Government
has chosen instead to bring up an administrative reform,
with the objective to submit a reform of its actual
programs before the end of 2007.
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The Government of Quebec, via its Minister of the
municipal Affairs and the Regions, Madam Nathalie
Normandeau, has just given a budget of 355 000$ to
Corporation Waskahegen, partner of the Société
d’habitation du Québec for the delivery
of the programs addressed to the Natives living off-reserves,
for the schedule of the year 2007-2008.
By the same occasion, Madame Normandeau announced
the important modifications made to those programs.
For more information, please consult our column «
Housing subsidy Programs ».
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RénoVillage
The RénoVillage program is entitled to the
owner-occupiers who live in a rural environment in
a locality of less than 5000 citizens. For the localities
of more than 5000 citizens, the program is made for
the sectors that are not served by a network of aqueduct
or sewer. The municipal evaluation of the residence
excluding the value of the plot might be up to a maximum
of 75 000$.
Acceptable repairs
The renovation project must require an investment
of at least 2000$ aiming to correct one or more major
defects among the following list:
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structure;
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the frame;
- the electricity;
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the heating;
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he plumbing;
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the fire safety.
The financing
The financial assistance is only given once the work
is completed. It is calculated according to the incomes
of the household and it can reach up to 90% of the
cost of acceptable repairs, without however exceeding
10 000 $.
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The Emergency Repair Program (ERP)
The Emergency Repair Program was created for the
owner-occupiers with a really low income, financially
unable to do the mandatory repairs, living in a rural
environment and whose residence presents one or more
defects which constitute an immediate threat to the
safety or the health of the occupants. The municipal
evaluation of the residence excluding the value of
the plot could reach a maximum of 75 000 $.
Acceptable repairs
See the list of repairs mentioned in the RénoVillage
program.
Financial assistance
Following the completion of the work of repair, the
subsidy poured by the SHQ is equal to the cost of
acceptable repairs. On the other hand, it cannot exceed
5 000$, except for the more distant regions located
at the north of the St. Lawrence River where the subsidy
can reach up to 6 150 $ and even 7 700 $ for the northern
regions.
Maximum household income
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16 500 $ : Household of one person
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20 000 $ : Household of two or
three persons
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23 000 $ : Household of four
or five persons
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25 000 $ : Household of six persons
and more
Open budget for 2007-2008
The 2007-2008 budget granted is of 355 000$
for the RénoVillage program. For the persons
who wish to benefit from it, please contact our coordinator.
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| Residential Adaptation Assistance Program (RAAP)
The residential adaptation
Assistance program helps the handicapped person (regardless
of its income) in order to pay the necessary expenses
to make its housing accessible and adapted.
Acceptable Buildings
All buildings, being used entirely
or partly as a main home by the handicapped person,
is acceptable. It can be:
- a one-family house;
- a rental housing;
- house of rooms;
- a mobile house;
- a condominium.
The financing
The financial assistance can reach
up to 16 000$ for an owner-occupier household, 8 000$
for a household renting a housing, and 4000$ for the
tenants of a room. For any request for assistance, please
contact the coordinator of the program.
All requests concerning the RAAP program must be made
directly to your local community. This one will be given
the responsibility to transmit the file to us. Inscription
cards are available in your communities.
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Home Adaptation for seniors’
Independence (HASI)
The program grants a financial assistance
to the 65 years old people and older, with low income,
to help them to make minor adaptations to their house
or their housing.
If the work is done by a contractor, the amount of the
assistant can reach up to 3 500$. If not, only the cost
of the materials or the equipment for up to 1 750$ will
be considered.
The budget confirmation is still to come.Get informed
by contacting our coordinator.
Additional information:
Camil Laprise
Coordinator of programs
Phone : (418) 276-7551
Email address: claprise@waskahegen.com
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New Constructions
Affordable Housing and AccèsLogis
These programs permit the construction
of new residential units for the persons with low to
modest income. However, only the municipalities whose
rate of inoccupation is lower than 3% are acceptable
within this program.
Corporation Waskahegen is presently working at the realization
of some projects, mainly in the municipalities meeting
the criteria of those programs.
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