Section 3

Pursuit of Income

  1. In the case of a household that is receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance, if the housing provider is of the opinion that a member of the household may be eligible to receive income of a type set out in Section 3 — Pursuit of Income, paragraph 2 and the member is not receiving such income, the housing provider shall give the household a written notice outlining the following:

    1. stating that the member may be eligible to receive income of the type specified in the notice;
    2. requesting the member to apply for that income and to make reasonable efforts to do whatever is required for the purpose of obtaining a decision on the application and receiving that income; and
    3. giving the household 30 calendar days within which to inform the service manager of the results of the application. 

  2. The types of income referred to in Section 3 — Pursuit of Income, paragraph I are:

    1. Basic financial assistance under the Ontario Works Act, 1997.
    2. Support under the Divorce Act (Canada), the Family Law Act or the Intedtwisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002.
    3. Unemployment benefits under the Employment Insurance Act (Canada).
    4. A benefit under Section 2 of the Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income Act.
    5. A pension or supplement under Part I or II of the Old Age SecurityAct (Canada).
    6. Support or maintenance resulting from an undertaking given with respect to the member under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).

  3. A household that has been given a notice under Section 3 — Pursuit of Income, paragraph 1 ceases to be eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance if the housing provider,

    1. receives no response from the household within the period of time specified in the notice; or 00 concludes, on the basis of a response received from the household within the period of time specified in the notice, that the member has failed to make reasonable efforts to obtain income of the type specified in the notice. 

  4. 4. Despite Section 3 — Pursuit of Income, paragraph 3, the service manager may determine that the household remains eligible if the service manager is satisfied that there are extenuating circumstances.