Annual review of geared-to-income rent payable
 10. (1) The service manager shall review under this section the geared-to-income rent payable by a household once in every 12-month period after a household begins to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance determined under section 2 and shall determine under section 2 whether that rent should be reduced, be increased or remain the same. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (1). (2) Despite subsection (1) and section 2, the service manager may for the purposes of a review under this section, if the criteria set out in subsection (3) are satisfied, determine the geared-to-income rent payable for a month by a household as follows: 1. Determine the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection (3) received by the household in, i. if the review is conducted during the period from July 1 to December 31, the calendar year prior to the calendar year immediately preceding the annual review, or ii. if the review is conducted during the period from January 1 to June 30, the calendar year immediately preceding the year referred to in subparagraph i. 2. Determine the amount by which the payments referred to in paragraph 1 increased in the following calendar year. 3. Divide the amount determined under paragraph 2 by 12. 4. Multiply the amount determined under paragraph 3 by 0.3. 5. Add the amount determined under paragraph 4 to the household’s geared-to-income rent applicable before the annual review. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (2). (3) The criteria referred to in subsection (2) are as follows: 1. All members of the household are unemployed. 2. Any income that the members of the household receive is paid in fixed amounts for specified periods. 3. The income of the members of the household includes, i. payments under the Old Age Security Act (Canada), or ii. payments under the Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income Act. 4. There are no dependants of any member of the household. 5. There was an increase in the total amount of the payments referred to in paragraph 3 received by the household in the calendar year referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (2) as a result of an adjustment to one or more of the payments. 6. The service manager did not determine the geared-to-income rent payable for a month by the household in accordance with subsection (2) at the last review under this section. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (3). (4) If, on a review under this section, a service manager determines that the geared-to-income rent payable by a household should be increased or decreased, the increase or decrease, as the case may be, takes effect on the first day of the month following the month in which the review is completed. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (4). (5) Despite subsection (4) and section 2, if, on a review under this section, a service manager determines that the geared-to-income rent payable by a household should be increased by an amount less than $10, the service manager may decide, (a) to implement the increase; or (b) not to implement the increase. O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (5). (6) If one or more members of a household request a review by a review body of a determination made by a service manager under this section, the amount of geared-to-income rent payable determined on the review by a review body takes effect on the date referred to in subsection (4). O. Reg. 316/19, s. 10 (6). (7) Despite subsections (2), (4), (5) and (6), if a service manager or review body determines under this section that the rent should be increased, and if this section otherwise provides for the increase to take effect during the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, the increase takes effect on January 1, 2022. O. Reg. 691/20, s. 2.