Feds working on ‘wrinkle’ that excluded AISH recipients from $500 rent top up | 24CA News
The federal authorities is engaged on a “policy wrinkle” that made Albertans who depend on Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) funds ineligible for the $500 lease top-up cost.
In December 2022, the Government of Canada opened purposes for the one-time top-up as a part of the Canada Housing Benefit (CHB) program — an initiative that would put $500 within the pockets of low-income renters as lease prices soar throughout the nation.
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To qualify, renting households should have a web earnings of lower than $35,000 a yr or renting people should make lower than $20,000. AISH recipients obtain only a few hundred {dollars} over that yearly.
“There’s a wrinkle in the policy,” stated Edmonton MP and Liberal minister Randy Boissonnault, whereas in Edmonton for a tourism announcement Tuesday.
“What’s happened is — we set the threshold at — you have to be making $20,000 and less to have access to the $500 top up. In the case of AISH recipients here in Alberta, they actually make $20,244.
“This is a terrible policy wrinkle. I don’t like it. I’m working with (the ministries of) Finance and Housing to figure out a solution to solve it.”
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When Global News reached out in December, the workplace of the federal minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion and CMHC offered a joint assertion, saying the one-time top-up to the CHB would assist practically two million renters who’re scuffling with the price of housing.
The assertion additionally stated: “this measure is a top-up to the already existing CHB, which includes the Canada-Alberta Housing Benefit. This federally-led and jointly funded program is administered directly to Albertans in need of rental assistance, based on low incomes determined through criteria available on the government of Alberta’s website.”
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On Dec. 15, 2022, Alberta requested the federal authorities to regulate the earnings requirement, saying the present restrict makes tens of hundreds of Albertans with disabilities ineligible.
“We were on this way before we saw the letter from the premier,” Boissonnault stated Tuesday.
“I’ve talked to residents in my own riding and residents across Alberta, and we’re working on a fix.
“It’s one of those oversights. I want to make sure AISH recipients and people who make less than $20,000 who are entitled to the $500 top up are able to get it.”
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