Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters

The Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) program helps make rents affordable for BC seniors with low to moderate incomes. SAFER provides monthly cash payments to subsidize rents for eligible BC residents who are age 60 or over and who pay rent for their homes. The links below provide more information on SAFER.

BC Housing provides SAFER subsidies to more than 11,800 senior households renting apartments in the private market, including singles, couples and people sharing a unit.

Effective October 1, 2005, the Government of British Columbia doubled its funding for rent assistance under the SAFER program. Rent ceiling have been increased across the entire province, and separate rent ceilings have been established for the higher average rents in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The program has also been expanded to include seniors who pay pad rental fees for owner-occupied manufactured homes. Read the news release .

You can download the following SAFER information:

To have the SAFER brochure or application form mailed to you, call 604-433-2218 or 1-800-257-7756, or complete the online request form .

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For more information on how to apply for SAFER, call BC Housing at 604-433-2218, or 1-800-257-7756 outside the Lower Mainland. Email inquiries can be sent to applicantinquiries@bchousing.org