Applications are open for a $600-a-month rent supplement to support youth from government care to pay for housing costs.

Applications are open for a $600-a-month rent supplement to support youth from government care to pay for housing costs.

This first application period is open until November 1st.

The supplement is designed for the most vulnerable young adults from care and will help support them as they transition to independence and help prevent homelessness.

Recipients will receive the supplement for two years or until the month of their 27th birthday, whichever comes first, as long as they continue to meet the eligibility criteria.

Fifty per cent of the rent supplements will be available to young Indigenous adults.

A second application period will occur in the spring.

The province says rent supplements are among the latest suite of supports and services for young people transitioning from government care, and come as part of the Budget 2022 funding to prevent and reduce homelessness.