The Bill further proposes that social housing programs be reformed and streamlined so that an improved and more cost-effective social housing system could be transferred to municipalities. The province has continued to administer social housing programs while developing proposals to meet the commitment to streamline programs. The Bill would, if enacted, provide for program reform and transfer responsibilities for administration of social housing programs to the municipal level. If enacted, the Bill would also allow for the transfer of social housing assets and resources to municipal government, including the public housing projects now owned by the Ontario Housing Corporation and federal government funding associated with the programs that would be transferred. The Bill proposes to simplify the administration of non-profit housing by replacing a number of different operating agreements for provincially led programs with a single accountability regime.
Devolution is proposed to take place in accordance with prescribed dates.
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