Home owner grant for people with disabilities
Last updated on April 14, 2025The home owner grant for people with disabilities reduces the amount of property taxes you pay each year on your principal residence.
You may be eligible for this grant if:
- You are a person with a disability OR you are the spouse or relative of a person with disabilities, and that person with disabilities lives with you
- Your property assessment is below the grant threshold
- Properties assessed over the grant threshold may receive a partial grant
- You meet certain requirements below
Are you 65 or older?
If you’re 65 or older in the current year, you can apply as a senior instead. The application will require you to enter your date of birth and, if eligible, the seniors grant will automatically be selected.
When you apply as a senior, you don’t need to provide documents showing that you are a person with a disability, as you will be receiving the maximum grant amount.
You must pay at least $100 in property taxes to help fund services such as road maintenance and police protection.
If you own a property with an assessed value above the grant threshold, you may qualify for a low income grant supplement for people with disabilities. The low income grant supplement tops up the home owner grant if it’s been reduced or eliminated because of the high assessed value of your principal residence.
Find out:
Do I qualify?
To qualify for the grant you must:
- Be the registered owner of the residence
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
- Live in B.C.
- Occupy the residence as your principal residence
- The assessed or partitioned value of your property must not exceed the grant threshold
- Ensure you meet additional requirements if you are buying or selling your property
- Meet either Option A or Option B requirements below
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Option A: Provincial disability assistance |
Option B: Person with disabilities |
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You:
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You, your spouse or relative:
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Learn more about Option A and Option B:
Option A: Provincial disability assistance
Do you receive other assistance?
Qualifying for the additional home owner grant is separate from Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) disability or any other disability programs you may qualify for. Those programs do not qualify you for the additional home owner grant for persons with disabilities.
In addition to the qualifications above, you must also meet the following requirements:
- You are designated as a person with disabilities by the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
- You are an owner of the property
- You receive provincial disability assistance, hardship assistance or a supplement under the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
Note: You don’t have to submit any supporting documentation unless we ask for it after you submit your home owner grant application.
After you apply, we may ask for a copy of your Confirmation of Assistance from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. If we ask, you can get a copy through My Self Service or by contacting the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction at 1-866-866-0800.
If you prefer, you can complete a Home Owner Grant Consent for Release of Information (FIN 81)(PDF, 161KB) instead and we will contact the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction for a copy of your Confirmation of Assistance on your behalf.
If you need to submit additional information, see Submit documents to support your home owner grant application.
Option B: Person with disabilities
In addition to the qualifications above, you must meet the following requirements:
- You, your spouse or a relative who lives with you are a person with disabilities
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- You or the person with disabilities pays at least $150 per month (or $1800 per calendar year) for assistance to help the person with disabilities with daily living activities. Assistance in your principal residence can be from:
- Another person
- An assistive device
- An assistant animal
OR
- You have spent at least $2,000 on a qualifying modification for the principal residence or purchased the residence with an existing qualifying modification that cost at least $2,000
Note: You don’t have to submit any supporting documentation unless we ask for it after you submit your home owner grant application.
Certificate of Health Professional and Property Owner (Form B)
After you apply, we may request a completed Certificate of Health Professional and Property Owner (Form B)(FIN 74, PDF, 216KB) and supporting documentation.
Supporting documentation can include but is not limited to:
- Receipts
- Invoices
- Credit card statements
- Bank statements
If it’s your first time applying for the persons with disabilities home owner grant, before you apply, the Form B must be completed by the person with the disability and their health professional. You must keep the Form B on file with the supporting documentation so you can provide them if we ask. Although the Form B does not need to be completed each year, you must keep the required supporting documentation each year as you may be required to submit it.
The Form B requires your health professional to certify that the person has a severe mental or physical impairment that is likely to continue for at least 2 years and because of the impairment the person either:
- requires help with daily living activities, or
- requires a qualifying modification to ensure mobility, safe access to or reduced risk of harm in their principal residence or on the land
Daily living activities must take place in the principal residence and include:
- Preparing meals
- Managing personal finances
- Performing housework to keep the house in a sanitary condition
- Moving about in the house
- Performing personal hygiene and self-care
- Managing personal medication
- Making decisions about personal care or finances
- Effectively relating to or communicating with others, or interacting with others
Or, if outside the principal residence, the help is to assist with moving about on the land where the principal residence is situated.
A Form B is needed only once per principal residence.
If you need to submit additional information, see Submit documents to support your home owner grant application.
Your principal residence
For the purpose of claiming the home owner grant, you and your spouse can have only one principal residence.
If you own more than one home, you can't designate which one is your principal residence.
Your principal residence is the usual place that you make your home. It’s where you live and conduct your daily affairs, like paying bills and receiving mail, and it’s generally the residence used in your government records for things like your income tax, medical services plan, driver's licence and vehicle registration.
To qualify for the home owner grant, your principal residence must be taxed as an improvement.
You must occupy your principal residence when you apply for the home owner grant, except in special circumstances. You may still be able to apply for the grant while away from your principal residence if:
- Your residence was damaged or destroyed
- You’re moving into a residential facility
- You’re absent for another reason, such as work, medical, travel, education or home renovations
Apply
You must apply for the home owner grant each year to receive it. Only one grant can be claimed for a property each year. If you and your spouse live in different residences, you cannot both claim a grant for each of your individual properties. Only one spouse may apply.
Find out when and how to apply for the home owner grant.
If you qualified for the grant last year and didn’t apply, you may be able to claim the grant retroactively. All prior year grant applications must be submitted by December 31 of the current year.
If you own a property with an assessed value of more than the annual grant threshold and you have an adjusted net income of $32,000 or lower, you may qualify for a low income grant supplement for people with disabilities.
Contact information
Contact us if you have any questions about the home owner grant.