In order to benefit from this program, you must meet the following requirements.

Disability

You must be a person with a disability within the meaning of the Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (RLRQ, Chapter E-20.1)

Persons who previously received a subsidy under the HAP

Persons who have received a subsidy under this program within the past three years cannot submit a new application. 

However, you can submit an application if you are in one of the following situations:

Do not start the work until you receive confirmation that your subsidy application has been approved. 

Two options are available: You can have the work done with no obligation to follow up in occupational therapy, or you can hire an occupational therapist to establish your adaptation needs.

Option with occupational therapy support

If you select the option with occupational therapy, the subsidy can only apply to work that meets the needs set out in the occupational therapy report. This also applies to feasible work under the option without occupational therapy support.

The purchase and installation of the following equipment is eligible: 

• Closed or open platform lift
• Stair lift on a rail 
• Inclined platform lift
• Overhead lift on a rail
• Automatic door opener, with or without electric latch
• Garage door opener
• Communications equipment (e.g., intercoms, flashing doorbells)
• Electric latch

Financial assistance

The maximum subsidy amount is $50,000 per eligible person.

Option without occupational therapy support

To be eligible, the work must be included in the following list:

Exterior access to the home or building

• Installing a new outdoor access ramp, including a railing, a handrail, a protective border, an intermediate landing, or directional change.
• Adapting a projection, notably a balcony or a staircase.
• Adapting an exterior door opening, including replacing the door and the hardware, widening or lowering the opening, or installing an indoor-outdoor ramp.
• Installing a handrail.

Movement and interior layout

• Changing a door opening, including replacing the door and its hardware, and widening or lowering the opening.
• Adjusting the thresholds between rooms or between different interior floor levels, including the installation of an inclined floor.
• Installing protruding hinges
• Installing adapted handles
• Installing a closet pole or a shelf at an accessible height
• Installing a handrail
• Moving or adding a switch, an outlet or a thermostat

Bathroom

• Replacing or moving a toilet.
• Custom-building one barrier-free shower per dwelling, including changing the floor structure, if applicable.
• Installing support bars, including folding bars.
• Clearing space under the sink without changing the counter or sink, including removing furniture, moving plumbing pipes and replacing the faucet with an adapted faucet.
• Moving or replacing an existing heating appliance if the replacement appliance has electrical resistance, notably a baseboard heater.

Kitchen

• Clearing space under a sink, without changing the counter or sink, including removing furniture, moving plumbing pipes, and replacing the faucet with an adapted faucet.

Financial assistance

The maximum amount of the subsidy is $12,000 per eligible person. This amount is increased to $24,000 per eligible person when the work includes the installation of an exterior access ramp or a barrier-free shower.

Ce programme n’est plus offert dans le cadre du PAD Montréal. La demande doit être faite à la Société d’habitation du Québec qui en est maintenant responsable. 

Si vous avez déjà déposé une demande de réparation d’équipement auprès de la Ville de Montréal, vous n’avez aucune démarche à faire. La personne responsable de votre demande communiquera avec vous pour faire un suivi personnalisé.