Required local rule — maximum household income
 32.4 (1) A service manager shall make a local eligibility rule requiring, for a household to be eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance, that the income of the household not exceed a specified maximum income. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (2) For the purposes of the local eligibility rule, the following rules apply: 1. The income of the household is the net income of the members of the household, excluding the income of members who are in full-time attendance at a recognized educational institution. 2. The net income of a member of a household is determined as follows: i. Take the net income amount for the member indicated on the latest notice of assessment issued under the Income Tax Act (Canada) for the member’s most recent taxation year that ended before the determination of eligibility is being made or, if no notice of assessment has been issued for that taxation year, the amount that would appear on the net income line had the notice of assessment been issued. ii. Subtract from the amount referred to in subparagraph i the total amount of all payments from a registered disability savings plan received by the member in that taxation year. iii. Add to the amount determined in subparagraph ii the total amount of all payments from a registered disability savings plan repaid by the member in that taxation year. iv. Subtract from the amount determined in subparagraph iii any other payments that are excluded under the local eligibility rule. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (3) The local eligibility rule may provide for different maximum incomes for units of different types and sizes and for units in different parts of the service manager’s service area. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (4) The maximum income for a unit specified in the local eligibility rule must be at least the household income limit prescribed under Ontario Regulation 370/11 (High Need Households and Household Income Limits – Subsection 40 (4) of the Act) made under the Act for such a unit. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (5) The local eligibility rule shall provide that it only be applied by the service manager in determining whether a household that is applying or waiting for rent-geared-to-income assistance is eligible for the purposes of section 45 of the Act, and not in determining continued eligibility for rent-geared-to-income assistance for the purposes of section 52 of the Act. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (6) Despite subsection (1), the local eligibility rule shall provide that the service manager may determine that the household is eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance, if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (7) A service manager shall make reasonable efforts to notify households about the local eligibility rule. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (8) The local eligibility rule begins to apply on, (a) a date chosen by the service manager that is no later than July 1, 2023; or (b) if no date is chosen, July 1, 2023, and until that date any local eligibility rule that was made by the service manager under section 34, as it read immediately before it was revoked, and that is in effect on the day this section comes into force, continues to apply. O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (9) A service manager shall periodically review the local eligibility rule required by subsection (1). O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7. (10) In this section, “full-time attendance”, in relation to a student attending a recognized educational institution, means, in the case of a student having a permanent disability, taking at least 40 per cent of a full course load, and in the case of any other student, taking at least 60 per cent of a full course load, as determined from the course calendar of the educational institution; (“fréquenter à plein temps”) “recognized educational institution” means, (a) a school, as defined in the Education Act, (b) a university, (c) a college of applied arts and technology established under the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002, (d) a private career college, as defined in the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005, or Note: On January 1, 2024, the day subsection 2 (1) of Schedule 29 to the Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023 comes into force, clause (d) of the definition of “recognized educational institution” in subsection 32.4 (10) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 365/23, s. 1) (d) a career college, as defined in the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005, or (e) a private school, as defined in the Education Act, for which a notice of intention to operate has been submitted to the Ministry of Education in accordance with that Act. (“établissement d’enseignement reconnu”) O. Reg. 242/22, s. 7.