The Homeowner RRAP offers financial assistance to low-income households who own and occupy substandard housing to enable them to repair their dwellings to a minimum level of health and safety. The financial assistance is in the form of a forgivable loan. The total forgivable loan depends on the cost of the repairs and area of the country.
Program Objective
Provide renovation assistance to low income households in off-reserve communities to address health and safety issues and extend the useful life of the unit for 15 years.
Key Activities, Fiscal Year 2004-05
Repair of substandard housing units.
Program Outputs, Fiscal Year 2004-05
479 units committed
| Operations and Maintenance | 186 |
| Grants | 0 |
| Contributions | 3,369 |
| Capital | 0 |
| Total Program Expenditures | 3,555 |
Aboriginal Target Group
- Programs Available to All Aboriginal Peoples
Program Delivery Mechanism
- Direct federal (program delivery to Aboriginal people in Canada) (12%), PD3 (57%), PD4 (31%)
Program Funding Mechanism
- Contribution (including single and multi-year funding agreements)
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Additional Comments
(Note: Questions or concerns related to program information contained in the Aboriginal Horizontal Framework should be directed to the applicable department, agency or Crown Corporation.)
An additional 4,746 housing units are administered by the provinces through Social Housing Agreements.