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Housing Stability Fund

Housing Stability Fund

About the Housing Stability Fund

The Housing Stability Fund supports people at risk of losing their housing. The program helps people keep their housing by offering one time help with late rent, gas and hydro bills. It also helps people with moving and storage costs.

Types of support

The program can help with one-time payments for:

  • Unpaid rent – must have late rent notice from landlord and enough income to afford rent.
  • Last month’s rent – must have a rent agreement and enough income to afford rent.
  • Furniture – only for people currently without housing (for example, moving out of a shelter).
  • Moving and Storage – must send quotes from 3 companies
  • Hydro and Gas Bills– must have notice from hydro or gas company and apply for the LEAP program first.

Who can apply

You can apply if you:

  • are a resident of Halton Region
  • do not have housing or are at risk of losing your housing
  • have enough income to afford rent
  • can get or keep housing with funds from the program
  • have less than $5,000 in assets (for one person or couples)
  • have less than $10,000 in assets (for families)

Assets are items with value. Some examples include cash, money in bank accounts, investments and real estate.

To check if you qualify, use the online application tool (external link). You don't need to log in or submit an application to finish this step.

What you need to apply

Information

You need to enter your:

  • date of birth (and the date of birth for others listed in the application);
  • telephone number; and
  • current address.

Documents

You need to upload your:

  • proof of address (driver’s license, gas or hydro bill, other mail);
  • proof of income (recent income taxes);
  • last 3 months of banking info; and
  • proof of status in Canada (birth certificate, passport, record of landing or other immigration status documents).

Submitting documents

Proof of income means a Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency. You will need this for all adults in your family. You can get a copy of this document by visiting the agency's website:

If we need more files after you apply, you will have 14 days to upload them. If you don’t upload the files in 14 days, your application will be closed. You can apply again later when you have the files you need.

You can upload related documents through our online application tool (external link). You can also mail or bring them to our office (Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville (Google Maps link)).

How to apply

Create or log in to your Halton 311 personal account to use our online application tool (external link) or call 311 . It may take up to 15 minutes to apply.

You can use our online tool to:

  • apply for support
  • check your application status
  • update your information 
  • upload files
  • contact Halton Region for help

After you apply, you can log in to check the status of your request or upload new files.

Apply for the Housing Stability Fund (external link)

Questions and answers

  • Staff will contact you if more info is needed.
  • Once staff have all the information received, they will let you know if you are approved.

  • You can only apply if you already live in Halton Region.
  • Most other areas have similar programs. Please contact the City or Town where you live to learn more.
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