Below-market housing in Kootenays

• Community Housing Fund – Below Market (LEM) UnitsBelow-market rental homes built through BC's Community Housing Fund. A mix of market, rent-geared-to-income, and deeply subsidized units.Below-market rental · Below-market rental unit
• BC Builds – Provincial Rental Supply (Middle Income)Below-market rental homes for middle-income workers in British Columbia. Rents are about 20% below the local market.Middle-income housing · BC Builds rental
• BC Housing Registry – RGI (General/Family)Subsidized rental homes across BC where rent is set at about 30% of your income. Apply once through the BC Housing Registry.Deeply subsidised · Rent-geared-to-income unit
• BC Housing Registry – RGI (PWD Priority)Subsidized rental homes for renters with disabilities across BC. Rent is set at about 30% of your income.Deeply subsidised · Rent-geared-to-income unit
• BC Housing Registry – RGI (Senior 55+)Subsidized rental homes for renters aged 55 and over across BC. Rent is set at about 30% of your income.Deeply subsidised · Rent-geared-to-income unit
• BC Rent Supplement / CBCHBRent help for low-income renters in BC delivered through local non-profit partners. There is no direct online application.Deeply subsidised · Rent supplement
• Rental Assistance Program (RAP)Monthly help paying rent for working-age families in BC with children at home and low to moderate income.Deeply subsidised · Rent supplement
• Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters (SAFER)Help paying rent for British Columbia renters aged 60 and over. Monthly money sent to your landlord or to you.Deeply subsidised · Rent supplement

• Nelson CARES SocietyNelson's largest non-profit housing operator with 155 affordable units, plus emergency shelter and a 56-unit project in development.Non-profit
• Kamloops Native Housing SocietyIndigenous-governed Kamloops society with 197 affordable units across Thompson, Okanagan and Kootenays (103 in Kamloops).Indigenous-led organisation
• Community Connections Society of Southeast BCCranbrook-based East Kootenay non-profit operating Step Beyond Shelter (40 beds) and developing 35-unit mixed-tenure housing.Non-profit
• Woodland Park Co-operative Housing SocietyA 59-unit family co-op founded in 1982 on seven acres of wooded parkland in Castlegar, the first co-op in the Kootenays.Co-operative

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• Kootenay Society for Community LivingCastlegar non-profit serving people with diverse abilities; operates 11 affordable units in Castlegar.Non-profit

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• BC Housing RegistryGovernment agency

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Kootenays is a region in British Columbia containing 20 cities tracked by Rentable. We've mapped 8 programs and 6 operators serving the region. Programs include below-market rental from non-profit operators, BC Builds projects, and rent-geared-to-income housing routed through the BC Housing Registry.

• Castlegar
• Cranbrook
• Creston
• Elkford
• Fernie
• Fruitvale
• Golden
• Grand Forks
• Greenwood
• Invermere
• Kaslo
• Kimberley
• Midway
• Nakusp
• Nelson
• New Denver
• Riondel
• Rossland
• Sparwood
• Trail

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Information for Kootenays last updated June 16, 2026.

Rentable maps publicly available information about programs and operators in Kootenays. Final eligibility for any program is determined by the program operator. Contact the operator before applying.