People across the world have been affected by COVID-19. Those stuck sheltering in place at home are lucky, in many cases, compared to those who found themselves abroad and out of luck to return home. Canada has put in place Emergency Loan Programs to get home, for those impacted. If you are somewhere with substandard […]
Energy-Cost Saving Program for Low-Income Households — Montréal, Quebec
Who is Eligible: Low-income household Description: Get free energy-saving advice and equipment if you’re a low-income household (to qualify you must pay your energy bills directly). Teams of two — a counsellor who is a social worker and a technician — visit a household, usually in an older, energy-inefficient building. Each visit lasts about […]
Stabilization of Residential Building Foundations
Amount: up to $19,500 Who is Eligible: Homeowners Description: The Stabilization of Residential Building Foundation program provides financial assistance to owner-occupants of residential buildings to consolidate foundations affected by subsidence. The program helps owner-occupants to face the substantial expenses of correcting foundation instability problems caused to their main residence by subsidence. later in the […]
Major Residential Renovation
Amount: up to 40 % cost of work Who is Eligible: Homeowners Description: The amount of financial assistance and authorized rent increases are calculated based on the cost of work as established by the Ville de Montréal. The program has the following objectives: -To renovate all building components in need of repair (mandatory) and […]
Home Ownership Program
Amount: up to $6,250 Who is Eligible: Households who buy a first property that is a new residential unit Description: The purpose of this program is to facilitate first-time home ownership for buyers of a new affordable residential unit or, for families, an existing residential building with 1, 2 or 3 above-ground dwelling units. […]
