APPLY
Rent banks offer interest-free loans to help low-to-moderate income renters who are struggling to pay rent and/or essential utilities (gas/hydro). The maximum loan amount is up to $3500. Repayment terms are from 6 month to 36 months. Terms of agreement are set by rent banks themselves.
This is a loan program. Applicants will need to demonstrate they have the financial ability to pay regular monthly expenses and the monthly loan repayment, and if eligible, will be required to submit bank statements, proof of tenancy, and ID as part of the application process.
Do you have questions about applying? See our answers here.
STEPS TO APPLY
To start your application, search for the community or regional district where you live or where you are planning to move.
- Abbotsford
- Agassiz
- Alberni - Clayoquot District
- Anglemont
- Anmore
- Armstrong
- Ashcroft
- Ashton Creek
- Barriere
- Belcarra
- Black Creek
- Blue River
- Buckley Bay
- Bulkley - Nechako District
- Burnaby
- Cache Creek
- Campbell River
- Cariboo District
- Castlegar
- Central Coast District
- Central Saanich
- Chase
- Cherryville
- Chetwynd
- Chilliwack
- City of North Vancouver
- Clearwater
- Clinton
- Coldstream
- Colwood
- Comox
- Coquitlam
- Courtenay
- Cowichan Valley District
- Cranbrook
- Creston
- Cumberland
- Dawson Creek
- Denman Island
- District of North Vancouver
- District of West Vancouver
- Duncan
- Egmont
- Elkford
- Enderby
- Esquimalt
- Falkland
- Fanny Bay
- Fernie
- Field
- Fort St. John
- Fraser - Fort George District
- Fruitvale
- Gibsons
- Gold River
- Golden
- Grand Forks
- Grindrod
- Halfmoon Bay
- Harrison
- Highlands
- Hope
- Hornby Island
- Houston
- Invermere
- Kamloops
- Kelowna
- Kimberley
- Kitimat
- Kitimat - Stikine District
- Ladner
- Ladysmith
- Lake Country
- Langdale
- Langford
- Langley
- Lantzville
- Lavington
- Lillooet
- Little Fort
- Logan Lake
- Lumby
- Lytton
- Mackenzie
- Malakwa
- Maple Ridge
- Merritt
- Merville
- Metchosin
- Mica Creek
- Mission
- Mount Waddington District
- Nakusp
- Nanaimo
- Nanaimo Regional District
- Nelson
- New Westminster
- North Coast District
- North Cowichan
- North Delta
- North Saanich
- North Vancouver
- Northern Gulf Islands
- Northern Rockies District
- Oak Bay
- Oliver
- One Hundred Mile House
- Osoyoos
- Parksville
- Parson
- Peace River District
- Peachland
- Pemberton
- Pender Harbour
- Penticton
- Pitt Meadows
- Port Alberni
- Port Coquitlam
- Port Hardy
- Port McNeil
- Port Moody
- Powell River
- Prince George
- Prince Rupert
- Pritchard
- Qathet District
- Qualicum Beach
- Quesnel
- Revelstoke
- Richmond
- Robert's Creek
- Rossland
- Royston
- Saanich
- Salmon Arm
- Saratoga Beach
- Savona
- Sechelt
- Secwepemc First Nations
- Seymour Arm
- Sicamous
- Sidney
- Smithers
- Sooke
- Sorrento
- South Okanagan District
- Southern Gulf Islands
- Spallumcheen
- Sparwood
- Spences Bridge
- Squamish
- Squamish - Lillooet District
- Strathcona District
- Summerland
- Sun Peaks
- Sunshine Coast
- Surrey
- Terrace
- Tofino
- Trail
- Trout Lake
- Tsawwassen
- Tumbler Ridge
- Ucluelet
- Union Bay
- Valemount
- Vancouver
- Vanderhoof
- Vavenby
- Vernon
- Victoria
- View Royal
- Warfield
- West Kelowna
- West Vancouver
- Whistler
- White Rock
- Williams Lake
QUESTIONS
For more information on other rental assistance options that may be available to you, please visit BC Housing’s website and call BC 2-1-1.