Home Sharing Plan
CLBC’s updated three-year plan was launched in 2021 to improve home sharing monitoring and supports. The plan includes action steps to address recommendations from the Office of the Auditor General of B.C. (OAG) as well as other initiatives to strengthen the delivery of home sharing.
The CLBC Home Sharing Plan 2021-2024 can be found here.
Updates about work that has taken place towards meeting the goals of the CLBC Home Sharing Plan will be shared on this page in the future.
Handbook – Introduction to Home Sharing
The purpose of this handbook is to ensure that home sharing providers clearly understand their roles and responsibilities. The handbook reviews important standards and policies that have been endorsed by CLBC. It also provides an overview of successful practices within the field and shares resources that promote the longevity of home sharing relationships.
Handbooks have also been created for family members and people living in home sharing:
CLBC home sharing rate increases
The provincial budget included $9.5 million in new funding for home sharing providers in 2020/21. This allowed CLBC to increase home sharing rates for the second year, effective April 1, 2020.
Click here to see CLBC’s home sharing rate structure.
Read CLBC’s February 19, 2020 announcement of the second year of increases.
Archived: See CLBC’s home sharing rates effective April 1, 2019 here, following the first year of increases.