Red Cross Relocation (accommodation) Grants for Tenants and Homeowners
The NZ Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake Commission will be offering grants to those people who have to move from their houses while repairs are being made or land is being remediated.
Although the word repairs is used it appears that those affected by either repairs or rebuilds are covered by this scheme. The grants are available to both tenants and homeowners (owner occupiers).
If you have no insurance cover for relocation costs there is a different, more generous, eligibility criteria (which is reproduced below).
Applications must be on the Red Cross form and can be posted, faxed or delivered in person. Processing of applications will commence on the 20th of January 2011.
Full information and an application form can be found on the Red cross website here.
Criteria
NOTES:
In order to be eligible for a Relocation Grant:
Although the word repairs is used it appears that those affected by either repairs or rebuilds are covered by this scheme. The grants are available to both tenants and homeowners (owner occupiers).
If you have no insurance cover for relocation costs there is a different, more generous, eligibility criteria (which is reproduced below).
Applications must be on the Red Cross form and can be posted, faxed or delivered in person. Processing of applications will commence on the 20th of January 2011.
Full information and an application form can be found on the Red cross website here.
Criteria
NOTES:
- This information was correct as at the 16th of December. As time goes on it will be increasingly important to check the Red Cross site for the latest information.
- Clause (d) seems harsh as there will be many who live in areas designated as Zone C and won't know the dates and duration for the work to be done for months or even a year or more.
In order to be eligible for a Relocation Grant:
(a) You must have been living at the affected address at the time of the Canterbury Earthquake and must be the owner occupier or tenant on the tenancy agreement.
(b) You may still be living at the affected address, or may have been living in alternative accommodation since the earthquake.
(c) If still living at the address, you have been advised by your insurance company or EQC that you will need to vacate the property while repairs are carried out.
(d) If you have been living in alternative accommodation since the earthquake because your home was uninhabitable, you have been advised by your insurance company or EQC of a date when repairs or rebuilding is expected to be commenced, and a timeframe for completion.
(e) If the expected duration of your stay in alternative accommodation is 3 months or less, then only those who have no insurance policy that covers the cost of relocation will be eligible.
(f) If the expected duration of your stay in alternative accommodation is over 3 months but not more than 6 months then only those who have no insurance policy that covers the cost of relocation or whose insurance cover does not cover the full cost will be eligible.
(g) All those whose expected duration of stay in alternative accommodation is greater than 6 months are eligible.
