Property requirements: which homes can ask for a rebate?
- Homes that are already completed.
- Homes that are registered as: (a) single family residential, (b) duplex, or (c) triplex.
- Homes whose paved front yards comply with Toronto zoning by-laws (applicable for homes with a parking pad instead of a driveway.)
- Homes whose eaves-trough downspouts are already disconnected from the city’s sewer system.
- Eligible items and works: what plumbing items and works are eligible for rebate?
Items and Works:
- Backwater valve: the city will subsidize 80% of the invoiced cost, plus $1,250 worth of labour, materials, permits and taxes.
- Sump pump (with back-up power source): the city will subsidize 80% of the invoiced cost, plus $1,750 worth of labour, materials, permits and taxes.
- Pipe severance and capping: the city will subsidize 80% of the invoiced cost, plus $400 worth of labour, materials, permits and taxes.
- A licensed Toronto plumbing or drain company must provide a consultation to the homeowner to ensure the proper equipment is installed.
Steps in applying for the program: what should a property owner do to quality for the subsidy? Before identifying the steps in applying, the property owner must have already done the following:
- Hired or consulted with a plumbing contractor or drain contractor duly licensed by the City of Toronto.
- Secured a building permit and approved inspection.
- Completed the installation of the above mentioned plumbing items.
- Paid the items and works in full and properly invoiced.
Steps to apply for city subsidy:
- When installing a backwater valve, secure a permit from the city’s Building Division from one of Toronto’s many service counters by providing a construction proposal (drawing) and paying the necessary fees.
- Provide an invoice, marked "paid in full" from the licensed contractor or plumber.
- Complete the city’s Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program application form, and keep in mind the following:
- a) Mail the completed application form and all required documents to the Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy Program of the City of Toronto (PO Box 15266 STN B RM B, Toronto, ON M7Y 2W1).
- b) All application forms must be properly signed and dated by the property owner or legal representative.
- c) Applications will be processed 10 weeks or more after receipt of the application form.
- d) Applications and supporting documents must have been submitted not more than a year after the date of the invoice.
- e) All submitted documents must be originals (no photocopies).
