Cessation of eligibility — failure to notify of changes or of events
 28. (1) A household ceases to be eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance if the household fails to notify the service manager, in accordance with this section, of a change described in subsection (2) or of the occurrence of an event described in subsection (2.1).  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (1); O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (1). (2) The change referred to in subsection (1) is a change to any information or document that the household previously provided to the service manager and that the household was required to provide for the purposes of determining the household’s eligibility or continued eligibility for rent-geared-to-income assistance or, if the service manager is continuing to determine rent-geared-to-income assistance in the manner referred to in subsection (2.2), for the purposes of determining the amount of rent payable by the household.  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (2); O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (2). (2.1) The events referred to in subsection (1) are the following: 1. A permanent change in the composition of the household. 2. A member of the household whose income was not included in the calculation of geared-to-income rent because the member was in full-time attendance at a recognized educational institution is no longer in full-time attendance at such an institution. 3. A member of the household begins to receive or stops receiving basic financial assistance under the Ontario Works Act, 1997 or income support under the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997. 4. A permanent increase in the monthly income of any member of a benefit unit, excluding members who are in full-time attendance at a recognized educational institution, that causes the benefit unit’s total income, other than any basic financial assistance or income support referred to in paragraph 3, to exceed the applicable monthly non-benefit income limit set out in Column 3 of Tables 1 to 3 of Ontario Regulation 316/19 (Determination of Geared-to-Income Rent under Section 50 of the Act) made under the Act. 5. The taxes of a member of the household whose income tax information was used in the calculation of geared-to-income rent have been reassessed or additionally assessed under section 152 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), i. since the last annual review under section 10 of Ontario Regulation 316/19, or ii. if no annual review has taken place, since the initial calculation of geared-to-income rent under section 2 of Ontario Regulation 316/19. O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (3). (2.2) Subsection (2.1) does not apply to a household while the service manager is, in accordance with subsections 12 (1) and (2) of Ontario Regulation 316/19, continuing to determine rent-geared-to-income assistance in accordance with Ontario Regulation 298/01 (Determination of Geared-To-Income Rent Under Section 50 of the Act) made under the Act, as it read immediately before its revocation under section 13 of Ontario Regulation 316/19. O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (3). (3) Subject to subsection (4), a notification of a change described in subsection (2) or the occurrence of an event described in subsection (2.1) must be given to the service manager within 30 days after the change or the occurrence of the event or within such longer period after the change or the occurrence of the event as the service manager may establish.  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (3); O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (4). (4) The service manager may extend the period of time for notifying the service manager, either before or after the period has expired.  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (4). (5) The household shall notify the service manager, (a) for a change to a document, by providing a copy of the changed document; (b) for a change to information, by providing a notice setting out the change; and (c) for an occurrence of an event described in subsection (2.1), by providing a notice setting out the details of the event. O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (5); O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (5). (6) This section does not apply to a household occupying a unit provided by a housing provider under its mandate under section 76 of the Act to provide housing to households that are homeless or hard to house if the housing provider informs the service manager that the housing provider is of the view that requiring the household to comply with this section would be inappropriate in the circumstances.  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (6). (7) Despite subsection (1), the service manager may determine that the household remains eligible if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances.  O. Reg. 367/11, s. 28 (7). (8) In this section, “benefit unit”, “full-time attendance” and “recognized educational institution” have the same meanings as in Ontario Regulation 316/19. O. Reg. 317/19, s. 2 (3).