Selection of households, supportive housing provider
16. (1) A supportive housing provider that is a specified supportive housing provider shall select households for its units in accordance with the following rules: 1. If the specified supportive housing provider provides provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit and the unit has been modified to improve accessibility, the specified supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on its own waiting list that requires both the accessibility modifications of the unit and the provincially-funded support services, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. 2. If the specified supportive housing provider provides provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit and the unit has not been modified to improve accessibility, the specified supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on its own waiting list that requires the provincially-funded support services, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. 3. If the unit has been modified to improve accessibility but the specified supportive housing provider does not provide provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit, the specified supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on its own waiting list that requires the accessibility modifications of the unit, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. O. Reg. 339/01, s. 16 (1). (2) A supportive housing provider, other than a specified supportive housing provider, shall select households for its units in accordance with the following rules: 1. If the supportive housing provider provides provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit and the unit has been modified to improve accessibility, the supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on the area waiting list that requires both the accessibility modifications of the unit and the provincially-funded support services, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. 2. If the supportive housing provider provides provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit and the unit has not been modified to improve accessibility, the supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on the area waiting list that requires the provincially-funded support services, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. 3. If the unit has been modified to improve accessibility but the specified supportive housing provider does not provide provincially-funded support services in respect of the unit, the specified supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to the highest ranked household on the area waiting list that requires the accessibility modifications of the unit, whether or not the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance. O. Reg. 339/01, s. 16 (2); O. Reg. 181/02, s. 3 (1). (3) If the highest ranked household to whom a supportive housing provider offers the unit under subsection (1) or (2) does not accept the unit, the supportive housing provider shall offer the unit to other households on the same waiting list who would otherwise qualify for the unit, starting with the next highest ranked household and continuing in the order in which the households are ranked on the waiting list until an offer is accepted by a household. O. Reg. 339/01, s. 16 (3). (3.1) If the highest ranked household to whom a supportive housing provider offers the unit under subsection (1) or (2) applies for rent-geared-to-income assistance, the household shall provide the service manager with the information and documents that the service manager may require under section 5 of Regulation 298/01 to determine if the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance and the amount of the assistance and the service manager shall determine if the household is so eligible. O. Reg. 181/02, s. 3 (2). (3.2) If the service manager determines under subsection (3.1) that the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance, the rent for the unit shall be the rent as determined in accordance with section 22. O. Reg. 181/02, s. 3 (2). (3.3) If a household receives rent-geared-to-income assistance under subsection (3.1), the unit is deemed to be a rent-geared-to-income unit for purposes of section 100 of the Act. O. Reg. 181/02, s. 3 (2). (4) In subsections (1) and (2), a supportive housing provider is a specified supportive housing provider in respect of a housing project if, (a) a lead agency is not designated with respect to the supportive housing provider’s special needs housing in the housing project; and (b) the supportive housing provider is listed in Column 2 of Table 2 of Ontario Regulation 298/01 opposite the name of the service manager for the service area in which the housing project is located. O. Reg. 339/01, s. 16 (4). (5) In this section, “area waiting list” means, in respect of a housing project, the waiting list for special needs housing maintained by a lead agency designated with respect to special needs housing in the housing project or the waiting list for special needs housing maintained by the service manager. O. Reg. 339/01, s. 16 (5).