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(a)  meets the service manager’s occupancy standards; and
(a)  meets the service manager’s occupancy standards; and


(b)  is in a housing project for which the household has expressed a preference. O. Reg. 318/19, s. 2.
(b)  is in a housing project for which the household has expressed a preference.  


(2) A household’s refusal of an offer of a portable housing benefit shall not be considered a refusal under subsection (1). O. Reg. 318/19, s. 2.
(2) A household’s refusal of an offer of a portable housing benefit shall not be considered a refusal under subsection (1).


(3) Despite subsection (1), a service manager may determine that the household remains eligible if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances. O. Reg. 318/19, s. 2.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a service manager may determine that the household remains eligible if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances.


(4) The provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) begin to apply on,
(4) The provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) begin to apply on,
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(b)  if no date is chosen, January 1, 2021,
(b)  if no date is chosen, January 1, 2021,


and until that date, any local eligibility rule that was made by the service manager under section 39, as it read immediately before it was revoked, continues to apply. O. Reg. 318/19, s. 2.
and until that date, any local eligibility rule that was made by the service manager under section 39, as it read immediately before it was revoked, continues to apply.


(5) The service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify households about the provincial eligibility rules described subsections (1) to (3). O. Reg. 318/19, s. 2.
(5) The service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify households about the provincial eligibility rules described subsections (1) to (3).


(6) For a household that is on the centralized waiting list required under section 46, the service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify the household about the provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) before the date the rules begin to apply.
(6) For a household that is on the centralized waiting list required under section 46, the service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify the household about the provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) before the date the rules begin to apply.

Latest revision as of 21:32, 15 June 2021


O. Reg. 367/11: GENERAL[1]

Cessation of eligibility – refusal of offer

32.2 (1) A household ceases to be eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance if the household refuses an offer by the service manager for such assistance in a unit in the service manager’s service area that,

(a) meets the service manager’s occupancy standards; and

(b) is in a housing project for which the household has expressed a preference.

(2) A household’s refusal of an offer of a portable housing benefit shall not be considered a refusal under subsection (1).

(3) Despite subsection (1), a service manager may determine that the household remains eligible if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances.

(4) The provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) begin to apply on,

(a) a date chosen by the service manager that is no later than January 1, 2021; or

(b) if no date is chosen, January 1, 2021,

and until that date, any local eligibility rule that was made by the service manager under section 39, as it read immediately before it was revoked, continues to apply.

(5) The service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify households about the provincial eligibility rules described subsections (1) to (3).

(6) For a household that is on the centralized waiting list required under section 46, the service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify the household about the provincial eligibility rules described in subsections (1) to (3) before the date the rules begin to apply.

  1. O. Reg. 367/11: GENERAL, under Housing Services Act, 2011, S.O. 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/110367, retrieved June 15, 2021