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Audit and Evaluation Services

This evaluation examines the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) which aims to rehabilitate housing occupied by low-income households to minimum levels of health and safety, improve accessibility for disabled occupants, and maintain affordable housing stock. The program has a volume of 650,000 units and has received $3 billion in funding since 1973. The evaluation addresses various aspects including program components, rationale, impacts on housing stock, occupants, neighborhoods, and the economy. The evaluation methodology includes surveys, inspections, interviews, and case studies.

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Audit and Evaluation Services

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  1. Auditand Evaluation Services Evaluation of the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program 2002

  2. Objective rehabilitate housing occupied by low-income households to minimum levels of health and safety improve accessibility for disabled occupants maintain affordable housing stock Program volume 650,000 units, $ 3 billion since 1973 82,000 units, $ 515 million from 1995 to 2001 Program Overview

  3. Program components home owners rental and rooming house dwellings disabled occupants rural dwellings in need of emergency repair conversion of non-residential buildings dwellings on Indian Reserves Program Overview (continued)

  4. Rationale Who benefits (targeting) ? What are stock impacts? What are occupant impacts? What are impacts on neighbourhoods? What are economic impacts? Evaluation Issues

  5. Occupant surveys owners, emergency repair units tenants disabled owners and tenants Landlord surveys rental, rooming house, conversions, disabled rental units Comparison group surveys owners, tenants, landlords Building inspections Methodology

  6. Document and literature reviews Senior federal and provincial housing staff interviews Case studies: areas where RRAP delivery was concentrated in neighbourhoods Delivery staff Methodology (continued)

  7. over 475,00 core need households with adequacy or suitability problems 65% renters, 36% owners Need consists of families, senior, and non-family households Need varies by tenure 35% of households on Indian reserves have adequacy or suitability problems (equivalent figure is 11% off reserve) Rationale Findings

  8. Rehabilitation loans well targeted to low income households, especially on reserves 85% to 98% below income thresholds Accessibility units continue to be occupied by households with disabled person 65% to 90% Aboriginal households receive 10% of off reserve homeowner loans Targeting Findings

  9. Participation has influenced decisions to renovate for homeowners and landlords Renovations improved building conditions however - up to 30 % of buildings would re-qualify 5 years after renovation Renovations have extended dwelling life Increased incidence of partial rehabilitation Post rehabilitation rents remain below market average Stock Impacts

  10. Renovations have removed health and safety threats no association found between improved housing condition and health symptoms Loans to disabled households had significant impacts on accessibility of units clients more satisfied with dwellings improved participation in daily activity Significant numbers of clients have unmet modification needs Occupant Impacts

  11. Rooming house projects most likely to house previously homeless people Rooming house and rental projects house people homeless in past five years RRAP delivery in combination with other initiatives has had impacts on homelessness Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI) within National Homelessness Initiative Homelessness

  12. Evidence of neighbourhood improvement where RRAP activity has been targeted where coordination with other programs E.g. Supporting Community Partnership Initiative Economic impact modest but proportional to expenditure GDP and employment growth Slight contribution to deficit and inflation Neighbourhoods/Employment

  13. Audit and Evaluation Services, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Anthea English, Director Graham Murray, Manager Clarke Wilson, Evaluator Patricia Streich, Evaluator Eva Berringer, Special Advisor R. A. Malatest and Associates, Victoria, BC Robert Malatest, Project Leader Joanne Barry, Project Manager Auguste Solutions and Associates, Chelsea, QC Auguste Barrieau, Project Leader Evaluation Team

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