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Home > Programs and services > Residential Adaptation


Programs and services
Residential Adaptation

This program provides financial assistance for people with disabilities to cover some of the cost of adapting and making their homes accessible.


Eligibility

Program objective

Amount of financial assistance

Management of the program

Sharing of costs

Areas covered

Determination of eligible work


Eligibility

All people with disabilities, whose limitations affect their daily activities, are eligible for the program regardless of their income.

Program objective

  • To help people with disabilities pay for the cost of work needed to adapt their homes and make them accessible.

  • To increase the autonomy of people with disabilities.

  • To help people with disabilities remain in their homes.

Amount of financial assistance

Depending on the type of household, the grant may vary between $4,000 and $16,000:

  • Owner household: grant of up to $16,000.

  • Tenant household: grant of up to $8,000.À

  • Boarder household: grant of up to $4,000.

The grant covers the cost of work recognized by the Société d'habitation du Québec as being required to make the adaptations it has authorized, and is not paid until the work has been completed.

Management of the program

The Société d’habitation du Québec manages the program in collaboration with its agents, namely the regional county municipalities and some individual municipalities.

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Sharing of costs

  • The program is funded by the Société d'habitation du Québec.

  • The Société d’habitation du Québec and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation share the cost of home adaptations for low-income disabled individuals.

Areas covered

The program covers the whole of Québec, except for Indian reserves.

Determination of eligible work

The Société d’habitation du Québec determines what work is eligible based on a report from an occupational therapist.

Please note that the program is not intended to provide indirect assistance for home renovations.


The information provided on this website has no legal value and the official text takes precedence.


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Financial assistance

 
  • The grant covers the cost of work recognized by the Société d'habitation du Québec as being required to make the adaptations it has authorized.

  • It is paid after the work has been completed.

  • Note that there is a waiting list.

Any questions?

 


Details
Contact your municipality.

General information
Contact the Société d'habitation du Québec:

Phone : 1 800 463-4315
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