UCP says Ottawa excluding AISH recipients from rent top-up program

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“Our government understands the importance of income support for lower-income individuals and families, and rest assured that this benefit will not reduce other federal income-tested benefits,” Hussen wrote in the response, dated March 9.

“I think this should have been thought through right from the start, and if there had been stronger consultation from the beginning with the provinces, the legislation would have been appropriate and would not have left out more than 73,000 Albertans with disabilities,” Nixon told Postmedia.Article content

Ponoka resident Belinda Outzen receives AISH. She said she learned she was barely ineligible for the rent top-up when the program launched, and had reached out to government appealing for changes, to no avail. Alberta NDP MLA Marie Renaud also wrote to Ottawa, requesting an increased threshold shortly before Nixon asked for the same.

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