Find out if your property is permitted for the BC Rebate for Accessible Home Adaptations program (BC RAHA).
BC RAHA accepts applications first-come, first-served, prioritizing complete ones. Application intake is ongoing until funding runs out, it renews on April 1 of each year. Find answers to common questions about the BC RAHA Program.
Eligible properties under the BC RAHA program
Eligible properties can be anywhere in BC, including Indigenous communities:
- A single-household house
- Legal basement suite
- A row home or townhouse
- Co-operative housing, if it is not subsidized by any level of government
- An individual unit in a strata corporation (condo) property
- An individual unit in a multiple-unit rental building
- More than one unit in a multiple-unit rental building up to a maximum of five (5) units per year
Important: If your home is less than 10 years old there may home warranty insurance still in place. If so, please check with your warranty provider before making adaptations to ensure that the warranty is not voided.
Ineligible properties under the BC RAHA program
Ineligible properties:
- An entire rental building
- An entire strata corporation (condo) property
- Any housing owned, subsidized by or under agreement with any level of government. Note: Units occupied by households receiving assistance through the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) or the Rental Assistance programs, may be eligible
- A hotel, motel, lodge, or bed-and-breakfast accommodation
- A hospital, nursing home or residential care facility
- Student housing, including dormitories
- Company housing provided to employees
- Religious institutions or associated residences, rectories and convents
- A recreational or seasonal property
- A recreational vehicle or trailer
- Properties under construction
- Properties where foreclosure proceedings have commenced
Resources
Download the BC RAHA Homeowner application form.
Download the BC RAHA Landlord & Tenants application form.
Questions
Contact our office at 604-433-2218 or 1-800-257-7756.
Phone lines are open from Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm PST (Closed on Holidays).