Exemptions from obligation to reduce rent
 19. (1) Clauses 137 (3) (c) and 138 (1) (b) of the Act do not apply with respect to any of the following rental units: 1.  A rental unit located in a residential complex owned, operated or administered by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or an agency of the Government of Canada, unless the tenant occupying the rental unit pays rent to a landlord other than the Government of Canada or an agency of the Government of Canada. 2.  A rental unit in a designated housing project as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011 that is owned, operated or managed by a service manager or local housing corporation as defined in that Act. 3.  A rental unit located in a non-profit housing project or other residential complex, if the non-profit housing project or other residential complex was developed or acquired under a federal, provincial or municipal program that is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act and continues to operate under, i.  Part VII of the Housing Services Act, 2011, ii.  a pre-reform operating agreement as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011, or iii.  an agreement made between a housing provider as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011 and one or more of, A.  a municipality, B.  an agency of a municipality, C.  a non-profit corporation controlled by a municipality, if an object of the non-profit corporation is the provision of housing, D.  a local housing corporation as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011, or E.  a service manager as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011. 4.  A rental unit that is a non-member unit of a non-profit housing co-operative. 5.  A rental unit for which the tenant pays rent in an amount geared-to-income due to public funding. 6.  A rental unit that was developed or acquired, and that continues to operate, under the Rural and Native Rental Housing Program established under the National Housing Act
(Canada). 7.  A rental unit that was developed or acquired under any of the following initiatives, if all of the circumstances set out in subsection (2) exist: i.  Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program — Rental and Supportive Housing. ii.  Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program — Northern Housing. iii.  Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program. iv.  Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative. v.  Municipal capital facility by-laws for housing or other council-approved municipal housing programs.  O. Reg. 394/10, s. 19 (1); O. Reg. 378/11, s. 1 (1), O. Reg. 230/21, s. 1. (2) The following are the circumstances that must exist in connection with a rental unit described in paragraph 7 of subsection (1) in order for the exemption from clauses 137 (3) (c) and 138 (1) (b) of the Act to apply for the unit: 1.  The rental unit is subject to an agreement related to the provision of housing services between the landlord and one or more of, i.  a municipality, ii.  an agency of a municipality, iii.  a non-profit corporation controlled by a municipality, if an object of the non-profit corporation is the provision of housing, iv.  a local housing corporation as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011, or v.  a service manager as defined in the Housing Services Act, 2011. 2.  The rental unit is identified as a subsidized unit that was developed or acquired under an initiative listed in subparagraphs 7 i to v of subsection (1), and as being subject to an agreement described in paragraph 1, in, i.  the tenancy agreement, or ii.  a written notice that was given by the landlord to the tenant, if the tenancy agreement was entered into before January 31, 2007. 3.  The tenant, at the time the tenancy agreement was entered into, was on or was eligible to be on a social housing waiting list.  O. Reg. 394/10, s. 19 (2); O. Reg. 378/11, s. 1 (2). 20. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 394/10, s. 20.  Français