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1. (1) In this Regulation,  “common waiting list” means a single waiting list containing the names of all applicant households within a service area who are eligible to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance and are awaiting placement in rent-geared-to-income units; (“liste d’attente commune”) “co-ordinated access system” means a system for determining the eligibility of applicant households within a service area for rent-geared-to-income assistance and for providing information to all or specified housing providers within a service area with respect to the eligibility of those households for rent-geared to-income assistance and, if there is a common waiting list, each household’s position on the list; (“système d’accès coordonné”) “manual” means the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing publication that is titled “Local Housing Authority Administration Manual” and is dated December 8, 2000, excluding section 04-08-01 bearing that date, but including section 04-08-01 bearing the date March 1, 2001. (“manuel”) O. Reg. 643/00, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 161/01, s. 1. (2) A local housing corporation that provides accommodation for households requiring provincially funded special needs support services is a supportive housing provider for the purposes of sections 3 to 9, but only with respect to the units in which such accommodation is provided or made available. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 1 (2).
2. (1) This Regulation applies to, (a) housing projects whose ownership is transferred under section 34 of the Act to local housing corporations named in Schedule 1; and (b) housing projects for which operating agreements are transferred under section 34 of the Act to local housing corporations named in Schedule 1. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 2 (1). (2) If an interest in a housing project referred to in subsection (1) is subsequently transferred to another housing provider under paragraph 3 of subsection 50 (2) of the Act, sections 3 to 9 apply to the other housing provider, with necessary modifications, but only with respect to that housing project. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 2 (2). (3) If a local housing corporation amalgamates with another corporation in accordance with clause 26 (1) (a) or (b) or subsection 26 (2) of the Act, sections 3 to 9 apply to the amalgamated corporation, with necessary modifications, but only with respect to housing projects referred to in subsection (1). O. Reg. 643/00, s. 2 (3).
3. The rules in sections 4 to 9 are prescribed for the purposes of Part V of the Act. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 3.
4. (1) A local housing corporation shall carry on its business and exercise its powers in accordance with the sections of the manual listed in Schedule 2. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 4 (1). (2) In the interpretation of the manual for the purposes of subsection (1), a reference to anything mentioned in Column 1 of Schedule 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the corresponding thing in Column 2 of Schedule 3. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 4 (2). (3) If there is a conflict between this regulation and a rule mentioned in subsection (1), this regulation prevails. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 4 (3).
5. (1) A local housing corporation shall rent each unit that it owns, as soon as possible after the unit becomes vacant, to a household whose eligibility for the unit has been determined in accordance with sections 05-01-01 to 05-03-01 of the manual. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 5 (1). (2) When a unit is subject to a rent supplement agreement that is administered by a local housing corporation, the corporation shall, (a) require the owner of the unit to rent it, as soon as possible after it becomes vacant, to an eligible household selected in accordance with sections 05-01-01 to 05-03-01of the manual; (b) require the owner to charge rent for the unit only in accordance with the Tenant Protection Act, 1997; and (c) adjust the rent paid by the household occupying the unit to the extent required to bring the rent into conformity with sections 04-01-01 to 04-08-04 of the manual. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 5 (2).
6. (1) If, on the day before this Regulation comes into force, a co-ordinated access system was operated by a local housing authority serving the same area, the local housing corporation shall continue to operate and maintain the co-ordinated access system until the related service manager establishes a common waiting list under subsection 68 (1) of the Act. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 6 (1). (2) If, on the day before this Regulation comes into force, a local housing authority serving the same area was participating in a co-ordinated access system, the local housing corporation shall continue to participate in the co-ordinated access system until the related service manager establishes a common waiting list under subsection 68 (1) of the Act. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 6 (2). (3) If the local housing corporation is dissolved before the related service manager has established a common waiting list under subsection 68 (1) of the Act, the related service manager shall continue to operate and maintain the co-ordinated access system or to participate in it, as the case may be. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 6 (3). (4) A local housing corporation, service manager or housing provider that operates and maintains or participates in a co-ordinated access system under this section shall select households to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance or to be accommodated in special needs housing, as the case may be, in accordance with sections 05-01-01 to 05-02-03 and section 05-03-01 of the manual. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 6 (4).
7. A local housing corporation that operates and maintains or participates in a co-ordinated access system under subsection 6 (1) or (2) shall, if a common waiting list has been established under the co-ordinated access system, select eligible households to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance only from the common waiting list. O. Reg. 643/00, s. 7.
8. Despite subsection 5 (1), clause 5 (2) (a) and subsection 6 (4), a local housing corporation, a related service manager acting under subsection 6 (3), and a housing provider described in subsection 6 (4) shall offer accommodation, in the next available unit that is either a modified unit or another type of special needs housing, to the first household on its waiting list for special needs housing that requires the type of unit that is available. O. Reg. 161/01, s. 2.