Housing Supports
Veteran Homelessness Program
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Homelessness Policy & Programs
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The Veteran Homelessness Program helps veterans and their families who are experiencing homelessness secure and maintain housing through housing-focused case management, rent supplements, and connections to community supports. For this program, veterans include individuals with a service history in the Canadian Armed Forces and/or Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The program assists individuals to achieve housing, according to the client’s choice, from across the housing continuum. This may include:
- Obtaining identification and required documentation.
- Applying for subsidized housing and other housing-related benefits.
- Support to find, secure, and maintain housing.
- Accessing rent supplements.
- Connecting to Veteran-specific supports and community services, such as health care, education, employment, harm reduction, income supports, and Veterans Affairs Canada programs and services.
- Participants must undergo an annual review to determine continued eligibility for rent supplements.
- Rent supplements are a benefit paid directly to the Landlord.
- Funding is a flexible rate based on a calculation that is prescribed in the Veteran Homelessness Program Directives.
- Participants must notify the Housing Services Division of significant changes to household income or household composition.
Individuals must meet the following criteria to receive the rent supplement assistance:
- Have accessed Hamilton’s Homeless Serving System.
- Confirm registration with Veterans Affairs Canada using the VAC1746 Consent Form.
- Reside in the City of Hamilton.
- Be renting or seeking rental housing and not own a home, and provide a copy of a signed lease agreement where applicable.
- Have filed an annual income tax return with the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Not already receiving rent-geared-to-income (RGI) assistance or another housing benefit, such as a Housing Allowance or the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB), unless approved by the Service Manager.
- Complete and submit a signed and dated rent supplement application and consent form.
- Have a landlord willing to enter into the required rent supplement agreement with the City.
- Meet applicable household income limits.
Review the low income measure (LIM) thresholds by income source and household size
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