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Decrease in the Eligibility Age for the Shelter Allowance Program

The government will lower the eligibility age for the shelter allowance program from 55 to 50 for persons living alone and couples without children. For couples without children to benefit from the program, at least one spouse must be of eligible age. The eligibility age will be lowered gradually over five years, one year at a time, as of October 1, 2011, at the time of the annual re-evaluation of the allowance.

Application date     Eligibility age
October 1, 2011      54 years old
October 1, 2012      53 years old
October 1, 2013      52 years old
October 1, 2014      51 years old
October 1, 2015      50 years old

到了2015年，50岁就可以申请政府老年公寓了。魁北克又向共产主义跨进了一步。