Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) 2014

• 7 - Total outlays
• 710 - Social protection

7106 - Housing

This group covers provision of social protection in the form of benefits in kind to help households meet the cost of housing (recipients of these benefits are means-tested); administration, operation, or support of such social protection schemes; and benefits in kind, such as payments made on a temporary or long-term basis to help tenants with rent costs, payments to alleviate the current housing costs of owner-occupiers (i.e., to help with paying mortgages or interest), and provision of low-cost or social housing.