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Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters (SAFER)

Seniors 60 and up renting in B.C.’s private market can get a monthly rent supplement from BC Housing.

What it costs you:

  • Nothing at all

No email, no app, no card.

VERIFIED · CHECKED AT THE SOURCE · OCT 24 2026

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Who qualifies
B.C. residents 60 or older with low to moderate income renting in the private market
How to get it
Apply to BC Housing; reapply each year
Where it works
British Columbia
When
No end date stated
Fine print
BC Housing offers a help-with-rent calculator on the page.
Official source
bchousing.org

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