Assured Income For The Severely Handicapped

• Feds working on ‘wrinkle’ that excluded AISH recipients from $500 rent top up

  The federal government is working on a "policy wrinkle" that made Albertans who rely on AISH payments ineligible for the $500 rent top-up payment.

  Canada

  Mar 14
  
• Details on Alberta’s affordability payments expected ‘soon’

  Support is supposed to be on the way, but Albertans looking to get financial relief promised by the province for the new year will have to wait before they can apply.

  Canada

  Jan 2
  
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• Minister asks feds to raise rent top up threshold, says thousands of Albertans on AISH ineligible

  Alberta is asking Ottawa to adjust the criteria for its $500 rent top up, saying the current limit makes tens of thousands of Albertans with disabilities ineligible. 

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
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• Albertans receiving disability benefits will miss out on feds’ rent top up: AISH client

  A woman who relies on provincial and federal disability benefits says she and other Albertans like her are ineligible for the federal government's one-time rent benefit.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2022
• Alberta’s government benefit programs to be re-indexed starting next year

  AISH supports about 70,000 Albertans with permanent medical issues that prevent them from earning a living by providing a basic benefit of $1,685 per month.

  Politics

  Nov 28, 2022
• ‘I’m sorry’: Calgary parents plead guilty to neglect of disabled adult son

  In an agreed statement of facts, court heard that the 29-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, a seizure disorder and brain damage was mostly confined to his bedroom for years.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2022
• ‘There will be no cuts’: Alberta government defends review of AISH

  'Let me state definitively that there will be no cuts to AISH financial benefits,' Alberta's Minister of Community and Social Services Rajan Sawhney said Saturday.

  Politics

  Sep 12, 2020
• Affordable housing closure concerns over Alberta government’s $53M cuts to maintenance funding

  There are concerns homelessness could increase in Alberta cities after the affordable housing maintenance funding was cut but $53 million.

  Politics

  Mar 7, 2020
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• Payment changes to AISH and Income Support Benefits causing issues for recipients

  Recipients of AISH and Income Support are dealing with changes to their programs that they say will have negative effects.

  Politics

  Jan 29, 2020
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• Alberta wants to boost support payments for those with disabilities and low-incomes

  The changes introduced in the legislature would help about 250,000 Alberta residents, including seniors and those who receive benefits under the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program, also known as AISH.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2018