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From a release<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> The province announced June 27 that applications for the Property Tax Rebate for Seniors, which helps low-income seniors with their municipal residential property taxes, open Friday, July 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The program offers eligible seniors a rebate of half of their property taxes, up to $800. [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We have made it easy to apply for the rebate and hope to encourage as many eligible seniors as possible to get help with their municipal residential property taxes. I encourage everyone who is eligible to apply.” [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”171″] [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”95″] [adrotate banner=”126″] From a release HALIFAX: The province announced June 27 that applications for the Property Tax Rebate for Seniors, which helps low-income seniors with their municipal residential property taxes, open Friday, July 1. The program offers eligible seniors a rebate of half of their property taxes, up to $800. “The Property Tax […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[3880,3881,300],"class_list":["post-29619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-july-1","tag-property-tax-rebate","tag-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“The Property Tax Rebate for Seniors is one of many government programs we have to help seniors living on a low income,” said Colton LeBlanc, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To qualify for the rebate, seniors need to meet eligibility criteria, including:
— their 2021 municipal residential property taxes are paid in full
— their name is included on the property taxes
— they receive or are eligible to receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) or Guaranteed Income Supplement – Allowance from Service Canada.
Applications are open from July 1 to December 31, 2022. Applicants who received the rebate last year will receive an application by mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, applicants will also be able to apply for the Heating Assistance Rebate Program on the Property Tax Rebate for Seniors application.
Quick Facts:
— the budget for the 2021 Property Tax Rebate for Seniors program was $8.8 million
— 17,085 senior households received the rebate in 2021, totalling $9.1 million
— the budget for the 2022 program is $9 million
Additional resources:
Property Tax Rebate for Seniors: https:\/\/beta.novascotia.ca\/apply-property-tax-rebate-property-tax-rebate-seniors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n