A Calgary-based rental company is stepping up with a discount program in hopes of finding homes for some of the 25,000 Syrian refugees heading to Canada.

Boardwalk Rental Communities is calling it the “Refugee 350 plan”, where it will offer discounts on units to those who qualify.

Director of Community Development David McIlveen says it will work with agencies and it’ll mean a minimum discount of at least $150 for upwards of 350 families.

“Social responsibility is one of our core values so it’s in that spirit that we’re going to be working in concert with government and non-governmental housing agencies to help displaced Syrian refugee families settle in Canada,” said McIlveen.

Units will be made available in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Québec.

Boardwalk will work with the sponsoring agencies and after families have been fully vetted, they’ll get the opportunity to rent one of the units.

“That’ll help stretch their budget for the first year while they’re here, it’s hard to say how quickly people can move in, we just know we’re going to do everything in a safe and orderly way.”

McIlveen couldn’t comment as to how long the program will last, the families will be on a one-year lease and things will be re-evaluated later.

“We’ve also opened it up to our resident members to use their creativity and figure out ways on how to welcome these families,” he said.

The company has done previous fundraising and community efforts during previous natural disasters including the Calgary flood.

He added that each of the families will have a budget in place to meet average market rental in the city they choose to live, they won’t have a lot of additional funds but this he believes will make it much more comfortable.

“We’re trying to take an approach that takes everything into consideration and works with all of the agencies involved.”

Rental units could be available as soon as December.

Earlier this week, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society told 660 NEWS one of the biggest challenges they have with the government’s plan is trying to secure money for refugee housing.