Description

Provides funding for Yukon homeowners to repair or upgrade their principal residence.
Three streams of funding: a grant for emergency repair for your home, a grant to improve the accessibility of your home and a loan to repair your home.

Benefit Amount

• Accessibility Grant: This stream will fund homeowners to retrofit their homes if they have mobility challenges. Up to $30,000.
• Emergency Repair Grant: This stream will fund homeowners to fix serious, unexpected and dangerous situations requiring immediate repairs. Up to $10,000.
• Home Repair Loan: This stream provides a loan for homeowners who need to upgrade or repair their home. Up to $70,000. Loans amortize up to 15 years in five year terms.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are a Yukon resident.

• Your home needs repairs or upgrades to improve energy efficiency, overcrowding, accessibility or health and safety.

Application Process

1. Complete a home repair program application. Please note, projects completed before receiving written approval from Yukon Housing Corporation will not qualify for funding.

2. Complete a verification of employment form. Please note, if you are retired, we require your most recent Notice of Assessment from Revenue Canada.

3. Submit both completed documents.

In person: 410 Jarvis Street, Whitehorse, Yukon. Our hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Email: ykhouse@gov.yk.ca (During COVID-19 situation, submit your application by email)

4. For questions about applying for a loan to repair your home email ykhouse@gov.yk.ca or phone: 867-667-5759 or toll free in Yukon: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5759.