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ontario regulation 379/11

made under the

social housing reform act, 2000

Made: June 22, 2011
Filed: August 10, 2011
Published on e-Laws: August 12, 2011
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 27, 2011


Amending O. Reg. 298/01

(Rent-Geared-To-Income Assistance and Special Needs Housing)

1. The title to Ontario Regulation 298/01 is revoked and the following substituted:

 

Determination of Geared-To-Income Rent Under section 50 of the Act

2. Sections 1 and 2 of the Regulation are revoked.

3. (1) The definitions of “abuse”, “abused” and “abusing”, “alternative housing provider”, “business day”, “centralized waiting list”, “internal transfer” and “special priority household” in subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Subsection 4 (1.1) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. Parts II to VI of the Regulation are revoked.

5. Subsection 47 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “section 69 of the Act” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “section 50 of the Act”.

6. Subsection 50 (3) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

60. A payment received from the service manager or an entity approved by the service manager in conjunction with an initiative under which the service manager or entity commits to contribute funds towards the recipient’s savings goals.

7. (1) Subsections 52 (3) to (6) of the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Subsection 52 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “section 69 of the Act” and substituting “section 53 of the Act”.

(3) Subsection 52 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “section 69 of the Act” and substituting “section 53 of the Act”.

(4) Paragraph 3 of subsection 52 (10) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. If the decision made on the internal review is to increase the geared-to-income rent payable by the household, subsection (7) does not apply and the rent increase takes effect on the first day of the month following the month in which the review body gives the members who requested the internal review notice under section 158 of the Act of the decision made on the internal review.

(5) Subsubparagraph 2 i A of subsection 52 (11) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

A. the first day of the month following the month in which the review body gives the members who requested the internal review notice under section 158 of the Act of the decision made on the internal review, and

(6) Section 52 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(12) Subsection (11) applies, with necessary modifications, if one or more members of a household request an internal review of a decision made by a service manager under this section that the geared-to-income rent payable by the household should remain the same.

(13) In this section,

“internal review” means a review under section 156 of the Act.

8. (1) Subsection 53 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “under section 10”.

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 53 (5) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

3. If the decision made on the internal review is to increase the geared-to-income rent payable by the household, subsection (2) does not apply and the rent increase takes effect on the first day of the month following the month in which the review body gives the members who requested the internal review notice under section 158 of the Act of the decision made on the internal review.

(3) Subsubparagraph 2 i A of subsection 53 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

A. the first day of the month following the month in which the review body gives the members who requested the internal review notice under section 158 of the Act of the decision made on the internal review, and

(4) Section 53 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(7) Subsection (6) applies, with necessary modifications, if one or more members of a household request an internal review of a decision made by a service manager under this section that the geared-to-income rent payable by the household should remain the same.

(8) In this section,

“internal review” means a review under section 156 of the Act.

9. Section 54 of the Regulation is revoked.

10. Parts VIII and IX of the Regulation are revoked.

11. Tables 1 and 2 of the Regulation are revoked.

12. Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked.

Commencement

13. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 184 of Schedule 1 (Housing Services Act, 2011) to the Strong Communities through Affordable Housing Act, 2011 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

 

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