Apply for Rent-Geared-to-Income housing

The Rent-Geared-to-Income program assists Yukoners in need of affordable, suitable and accessible housing. Rent is calculated at 25 per cent of your total gross monthly household (combined) income.

This application is for individuals, families or seniors applying to live in Yukon Housing Corporation housing.

Eligibility

• You must be a Yukon resident and have lived in the territory for 12 continuous months before applying. If you previously lived in the Yukon and have recently moved back, you may receive credit for previous residency.
• You must be a low-income individual, family or senior citizen who cannot obtain affordable and suitable housing on the private market.
• Your household income must be under current housing income limits thresholds.
• You must have less than $100,000 in included assets.
• You must be in good standing with the Yukon Housing Corporation.

Apply for Rent-Geared-to-Income housing

1. Complete the application form.
   • Optional: If you believe you qualify for priority consideration, complete the priority verification form and submit it with your application.
   • Optional: If you would like to allow Yukon Housing Corporation to share information with someone other than you about your application, complete the release of information form and submit it with your application.
2. Provide identification.
   • 19 years of age and older: You need 1 piece of government-issued photo ID.
   • Under 19 years of age: You need 1 piece of government-issued ID.
3. Provide income information.
   • Most recent Notice of Assessment from Canada Revenue Agency for each household member 19 years of age and older.
4. Submit your complete application package:
   By mail to:
   410 Jarvis Street
   Whitehorse, Yukon
   Y1A 2H5
   You may also submit your package in person to 410 Jarvis Street in Whitehorse or your local Community Housing office. Our Whitehorse office is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
   You may also fax your application to 867-393-7597.

Note: The application form above is for clients applying to the Rent-Geared-to-Income program in Whitehorse and in rural Yukon.

Next steps  

1. Your application will be reviewed to ensure it is complete. If your application is not complete (e.g. missing forms or information), we will contact you.
2. If your application is complete and all the required documents have been submitted, your application will be reviewed to determine if you are eligible. You will receive a letter informing you of the outcome.
   • If you are approved, this letter will indicate that you are on the waitlist*.
   • If you are not approved, this letter will provide the reason why.
3. While on the waitlist, contact us if anything changes. This includes changes to your contact information or changes to your household, such as someone moving in or out of your household.
4. While on the waitlist, you may be required to provide updated documents. If required, we will contact you.

Note: If we cannot contact you or if you do not bring in updated documents by the requested date, you may be removed from the waitlist.

*Wait time depends on unit availability.

Find Rent-Geared-to-Income rules and policies 

These rules and policies apply to all Rent-Geared-to-Income clients:

• Asset cap policy
• Charge backs policy
• Eviction prevention policy
• Medical accommodation policy
• Minimum age of eligibility policy
• Pest policy
• Pet policy
• Rental arrears policy
• Rent assessment policy (updated 2023)
• Residency requirement policy
• Seniors age of eligibility policy
• Smoke-free policy
• Victims of Violence policy
• Yukon Housing Corporation Tenant Handbook

This policy only applies to Whitehorse clients: 

• Allocation policy