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O. Reg. 644/00: LOCAL HOUSING CORPORATIONS AND SUCCESSOR HOUSING PROVIDERS, Social Housing Reform Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 27

Social Housing Reform Act, 2000

ONTARIO REGULATION 644/00

LOCAL HOUSING CORPORATIONS AND SUCCESSOR HOUSING PROVIDERS

Historical version for the period August 10, 2011 to December 31, 2011.

Note: This Regulation is revoked on the day section 184 of Schedule 1 (Housing Services Act, 2011) to the Strong Communities through Affordable Housing Act, 2011 comes into force. See: O. Reg. 375/11, ss. 1, 2.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 375/11.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

First Share Issuance

1. For the purposes of subsection 23 (7) of the Act,

(a) the prescribed service manager to whom the prescribed number of common shares of a local housing corporation are deemed to be issued is the service manager whose name is shown in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the name of the local housing corporation in Column 1; and

(b) the prescribed number of common shares is 100. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 1.

Provincial Accountability Rules

2. (1) The housing programs listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 32 (5) of the Act. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 2 (1).

(2) Sections 3 to 6 apply only with respect to housing projects operated under housing programs listed in Schedule 2. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 2 (2).

3. (1) A related service manager shall, with respect to housing projects owned, leased or administered by a local housing corporation,

(a) provide the local housing corporation with sufficient funding to enable it to,

(i) maintain the housing it owns in a good state of repair and appearance and in sound structural condition, and

(ii) make that housing available to eligible households;

(b) provide the local housing corporation with sufficient funding to enable it to make payments on any mortgage that is transferred to it under section 34 of the Act; and

(c) provide the local housing corporation with sufficient funding and any other support the service manager considers appropriate to enable the corporation to comply with subsection 43 (1) of the Act. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 3 (1).

(2) A local housing corporation shall make all required payments on a mortgage referred to in clause (1) (b). O. Reg. 644/00, s. 3 (2).

4. A local housing corporation shall,

(a) carry on its business and exercise its powers only with respect to the matters set out in its Articles of Incorporation;

(b) maintain accurate records and accounts of all its transactions;

(c) give the related service manager and persons designated by the related service manager access to the corporation’s financial and other records at all reasonable times;

(d) submit reports to the related service manager at the times and containing the information specified by the related service manager; and

(e) comply with any recorded information schedule of the local housing authority from which the records were transferred to it by transfer order or otherwise. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 4.

5. (1) A local housing corporation shall,

(a) ensure that its employees are knowledgeable about all policies, procedures, standards and objectives that concern their duties;

(b) periodically inspect all buildings that it owns containing residential units, and all residential units in those buildings, and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are maintained in a good state of repair and appearance and in sound structural condition; and

(c) on or before the date specified by the related service manager, submit to the related service manager a proposed budget in respect of the following calendar year containing such information as the related service manager may from time to time require. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (1).

(2) A local housing corporation shall not,

(a) alter the number of modified units without the related service manager’s written permission; or

(b) enter into a rent supplement agreement with respect to a vacant unit unless the unit has been inspected for damage and is fit for habitation. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (2).

(3) A rent supplement agreement that is entered into under a rent supplement program named in Schedule 3 shall, unless it is in the form approved by the Minister, terminate on its date of renewal and be replaced by a new rent supplement agreement in the form approved by the Minister. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (3).

(4) A new rent supplement agreement that is entered into under a rent supplement program not named in Schedule 3 shall not come into force until it has been reviewed and approved in writing by the related service manager. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (4).

(5) All communication with respect to policy matters between the local housing corporation and the related service manager shall take place between the managing director of the corporation or, if it does not have a managing director, a director nominated by the board of directors, and a person nominated by the related service manager. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (5).

(6) All communication with respect to operational matters between the local housing corporation and the related service manager shall take place between the general manager of the corporation or, if it does not have a general manager, another officer of the corporation holding an equivalent position or nominated by the board of directors, and a person nominated by the related service manager. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (6).

(7) The related service manager may amend, delete or add to any of the rules set out in this section by giving the local housing corporation notice in writing of the change, but the change does not become effective until the corporation has received the notice. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 5 (7).

6. (1) If an interest in a housing project referred to in subsection 3 (1) is subsequently transferred to another housing provider under paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (2) of the Act, sections 3 to 5 apply to the other housing provider, with necessary modifications, but only with respect to that housing project. O. Reg. 644/00, s. 6 (1).

(2) If a local housing corporation amalgamates with another corporation in accordance with clause 26 (1) (a) or (b) or subsection 26 (2) of the Act, sections 3 to 5 apply to the other corporation, with necessary modifications, but only with respect to the housing projects referred to in subsection 3 (1). O. Reg. 644/00, s. 6 (2).

7. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of the English version of this Regulation). O. Reg. 644/00, s. 7.

SCHEDULE 1
LOCAL HOUSING CORPORATIONS AND SERVICE MANAGERS

Column 1

Column 2

Local Housing Corporation

Service Manager

Metro Toronto Housing Corporation

City of Toronto

Durham Regional Local Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Durham

Haldimand-Norfolk Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk

Halton Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Halton

Hamilton Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth

Niagara Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Niagara

Ottawa Housing Corporation/La Société de logement Ottawa

Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

Peel Regional Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Peel

Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Sudbury

Waterloo Local Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of Waterloo

York Regional Housing Corporation

Regional Municipality of York

Muskoka District Housing Corporation

District Municipality of Muskoka

Brant and Brantford Local Housing Corporation

City of Brantford

Bruce County Housing Corporation

County of Bruce

Chatham-Kent Housing Corporation

Municipality of Chatham-Kent

Dufferin County Housing Corporation

County of Dufferin

Elgin and St. Thomas Housing Corporation

City of St. Thomas

Windsor-Essex County Housing Corporation

City of Windsor

Kingston & Frontenac Housing Corporation

City of Kingston

Grey County and Owen Sound Housing Corporation

County of Grey

Hastings Local Housing Corporation

County of Hastings

Huron County Housing Corporation

County of Huron

Sarnia & Lambton Housing Corporation

County of Lambton

Lanark County & Smiths Falls Housing Corporation

County of Lanark

Leeds and Grenville Housing Corporation

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville

Prince Edward-Lennox & Addington Housing Corporation

County of Lennox and Addington

London & Middlesex Housing Corporation

City of London

Northumberland County Housing Corporation

County of Northumberland

Oxford County Housing Corporation

County of Oxford

Perth & Stratford Housing Corporation

City of Stratford

Peterborough Housing Corporation

City of Peterborough

Prescott and Russell Housing Corporation

United Counties of Prescott and Russell

Renfrew County Housing Corporation

County of Renfrew

Simcoe County Housing Corporation

County of Simcoe

Cornwall and Area Housing Corporation

City of Cornwall

Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Housing Corporation

County of Victoria

Wellington and Guelph Housing Corporation

County of Wellington

Algoma District Housing Corporation

Algoma District Services Administration Board

Sault Ste. Marie Housing Corporation

District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board

Cochrane District Local Housing Corporation

District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board

Kenora District Housing Corporation

Kenora District Services Board

Manitoulin Sudbury District Housing Corporation

Manitoulin-Sudbury District Social Services Administration Board

Nipissing District Housing Corporation

District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board

Parry Sound District Housing Corporation

District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board

Rainy River District Housing Corporation

District of Rainy River Social Services Administration Board

Thunder Bay District Housing Corporation

District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board

Timiskaming District Housing Corporation

District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board

O. Reg. 644/00, Sched. 1.

SCHEDULE 2

Program Category Number

Program Description

Public Housing Programs

  

1 (a)

The public housing programs administered before January 1, 2001 by Local Housing Authorities for the object of providing appropriate housing exclusively to applicants selected on the basis of being financially unable to obtain affordable, suitable and adequate housing on the private market, as determined by Ontario, in housing projects that immediately before January 1, 2001 were owned or leased by the Ontario Housing Corporation or jointly by the Ontario Housing Corporation and the CMHC

Rent Supplement Programs (2 (a), 2 (c))

  

2 (a)

All Rent Supplement Programs administered before January 1, 2001 by Local Housing Authorities or the Ministry that are not included under 2 (c), or under program category 2 (b) as shown in Table 1 of O. Reg. 368/01 (“General”), including:

 

    1. Rent Supplement – Regular

 

    2. Accelerated Rental CMHC

 

    3. Accelerated Rental OMC

 

    4. Community Integrated

 

    5. Assisted Rentals

 

    6. Limited Dividend

 

    7. Private Assisted Rental

 

    8. Ontario Rental Construction Plan

 

    9. Canada Rental Supply Plan

 

    10. Convert-to-rent

 

    11. Canada Ontario Rental Supply Plan

 

    12. Renterprise

 

    13. Low Rise Rehabilitation

 

    14. Ontario Rental Construction Loan

 

    15. Assisted Rental Housing

 

    16. Ontario Accelerated Family Rental Housing

O. Reg. 644/00, Sched. 2; O. Reg. 559/05, s. 1.

SCHEDULE 3
RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAMS

Assisted Rental Housing

Canada Ontario Rental Supply Plan

Canada Rental Supply Plan

Community Integrated Housing

Convert-to-Rent

Limited Dividend Housing

Low-Rise Rehabilitation

Ontario Accelerated Family Rental Housing Program

Ontario Rental Construction Loan

Private Assisted Rental

Renterprise Program

O. Reg. 644/00, Sched. 3.