calculated, the household would continue to pay $300 per month for the remainder of the 2021 calendar year. The rent increase would come into effect January 1, 2022.
What this means for our Rental Housing Capital and Ontario Renovates Multi-Residential Proponents
The residential rent increase guideline for 2021 has been amended from 1.5% to 0%, therefore residential landlords inclusive of our Rental Housing Capital and Ontario Renovates Multi-Residential proponents, are not permitted to increase residential rents from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Risk Analysis:
As the designated Consolidated Municipal Service Manager for Windsor and Essex County, the City of Windsor bears the responsibility for delivering social housing programs in accordance with legislation including the HSA, and the MMAH’s direction and guidelines, and reporting performance on a regular basis.
There are significant risks associated with non- compliance which may result in MMAH’s following actions, as legislatively prescribed (HSA, s 32(1)):
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Discontinue or suspend the payment of federal housing funding
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Reduce the amount of payment of federal housing funding to the Service Manager
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Apply to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice for an order
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Directing the service manager to carry out a specified activity or course of action to rectify the contravention or ensure future compliance, or
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Prohibiting the service manager from carrying out a specified activity or course of action that would result in, or would be likely to result in, the continuation or repetition of the contravention.
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May take away any of the service manager’s powers or duties unde r the HSA with the exception of Part VIII of the HSA e.g., municipal payments/contributions towards housing costs, and may,
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Exercise the powers or perform the duties that were taken away, or
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Enter into an agreement with another service manager providing for that other service manager to exercise the powers or perform the duties that were taken away
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Housing Services has implemented the HSA Regulatory Changes in accordance with the criteria set forward in the new legislation to ensure compliance is achieved in Windsor Essex within the prescribed timelines.
Climate Change Risks
N/A