Geared-to-income rent payable
 2. (1) For the purpose of section 50 of the Act, the geared-to-income rent payable for a month by a household that is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance and that occupies a rent-geared-to-income unit is the amount determined as follows: 1. If the household has at least one benefit unit, determine the rent attributable for the month to each benefit unit under section 3 or 4, as applicable. 2. If the household has at least one family unit that is not, and no part of which is, a benefit unit, determine the rent attributable for the month to each family unit under section 5. 3. If the household has at least one family unit a part of which is a benefit unit and the other part of which is not, determine in accordance with section 5 the rent attributable for the month to the part of each of such family units that is not a benefit unit. 4. Calculate the sum of the amounts determined under paragraphs 1 to 3. 5. Add to the amount determined under paragraph 4 the amount of the increases, if any, required by section 9 in respect of services or utilities. 6. Subtract from the amount determined under paragraph 5 the amount of the reductions, if any, required by section 9 in respect of services, utilities or heating. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (1). (2) Despite subsection (1), (a) the minimum geared-to-income rent payable for a month by a household that is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance is the minimum rent amount determined under subsections (3), (4), (5), (7), (7.1) and (8) at the time of a service manager’s determination of the household’s geared-to-income rent; and (b) the maximum geared-to-income rent payable for a month by a household that is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance is the rent that would be payable for the unit occupied by the household if the unit were occupied by a household not eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (2); O. Reg. 691/20, s. 1 (1). (3) For the period from July 1 to June 30, commencing the day this Regulation comes into force, the minimum rent amount is $129. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (3). (4) For each subsequent period of July 1 to June 30, the minimum rent amount is the amount determined as follows: 1. Express as a decimal the rent increase guideline published in the Ontario Gazette
under subsection 120 (3) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 for the calendar year in which the period commences. 2. Add 1 to the number determined under paragraph 1. 3. Multiply the minimum rent amount for the prior period from July 1 to June 30 by the number determined under paragraph 2. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (4). (4.1) For the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, the rent increase guideline for the purpose of paragraph 1 of subsection (4) is the guideline published in The Ontario Gazette on August 29, 2020 and not the guideline determined under subsection 120 (3.1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. O. Reg. 691/20, s. 1 (2). (5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), if all the criteria set out in subsection (6) are met at the time of the service manager’s determination of a household’s geared-to-income rent, the minimum rent amount for the household is determined as follows: 1. For the period from July 1 to June 30, commencing the day this Regulation comes into force, the minimum rent amount for the household is $93. 2. For each subsequent period from July 1 to June 30, add $8 to the minimum rent amount for the household for the prior period from July 1 to June 30. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (5). (6) The criteria referred to in subsection (5) are the following: 1. The household is receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance on the day this Regulation comes into force. 2. The household’s geared-to-income-rent payable immediately prior to the day this Regulation comes into force, determined in accordance with section 47 of Ontario Regulation 298/01 (Determination of Geared-To-Income Rent Under Section 50 of the Act) made under the Act, is less than $129. 3. One of the following is less than the minimum rent amount applicable under subsections (3) and (4): i. The household’s geared-to-income-rent determined in accordance with subsection (1), without reference to the rest of this section. ii. If, in accordance with subsections 12 (1) and (2), the service manager is continuing to determine rent-geared-to-income assistance in accordance with Ontario Regulation 298/01 as it read immediately before its revocation under section 13, the household’s geared-to-income-rent determined in accordance with subsection 47 (1) of that Regulation, without reference to the rest of that section and paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of subsection 12 (2) of this Regulation. 4. If one or more prior determinations of the household’s geared-to-income-rent have been made under this Regulation, the applicable amount referred to in subparagraph 3 i or ii, as the case may be, was at the time of each determination less than the minimum rent amount applicable under subsections (3) and (4) at that time. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (6). (7) Subsection (5) shall cease to apply for all purposes on the day, if any, on which the minimum rent amount determined under subsection (5) exceeds the minimum rent amount determined under subsection (4). O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (7). (7.1) If, in the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, a household’s geared-to-income rent increases as a result of the application of clause (2) (a), the increase takes effect on January 1, 2022. O. Reg. 691/20, s. 1 (2). (8) Despite subsections (3), (4) and (5), for a household consisting of only one or more benefit units whose total rent attributable for the month is determined under section 3 and is less than the minimum rent amount applicable under subsections (3) and (4), the minimum rent amount is the household’s total rent attributable for the month determined under section 3. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (8). (9) The geared-to-income rent payable for a fraction of a month is the amount determined by multiplying the geared-to-income rent payable for the month by the fraction of the month for which the rent is payable. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 2 (9).