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Low-Income
Supports

This page offers a compilation of different programs and available resources in New Brunswick specifically designed to assist individuals with low-income in fulfilling their housing requirments.

This program is run through the Department of Social Development and aims to increase the supply of affordable housing in New Brunswick by providing financial assistance to private entrepreneurs and private non-profit corporations for construction, rehabilitation, and conversion of rental housing projects. Services may be provided as a forgivable loan. 

Provides expertise and support for the nonprofit and affordable housing sector in New Brunswick as well as housing research and policy development. 

A partnership between the Government of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick, the Canada Housing Benefit is a short-term benefit that provides help to New Brunswickers who work part-time or at lower-paying jobs who are struggling to afford rent.

The New Brunswick Low-Income Seniors’ Benefit is an annual benefit of $400 to assist low-income seniors with living expenses.  

The Department of Social Development provides financial support in the form of repayable loans to low- and modest-income families (incomes below $40,000) that require major repairs to their partially constructed homes. 

A subsidy program run through the Department of Social Development that funds the difference between the rent you pay and the unit's market rent value. This program is for a particular building or unit, not for the individual.

Provides financial support to people who cannot afford basic living costs (including housing) with the goal of helping individuals achieve self-sufficiency. The amount of money received for this program depends on the individual's circumstances. 

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