Selection of R GI households for vacant units

10. When selecting a household for a vacant unit where the household will be receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance, the following rules apply:

  1. The household shall be selected from the Windsor/Essex centralized waitlist and in accordance with the order of the CHR ranking priority except as provided under Section I — Determination of Priority Ranking, paragraph 10 subsections (d) (e) and (f).

  2. The Windsor/Essex CHR priority ranking is as follows:

    • Priority I Special Priority Placement (SPP) as defined in the Housing Services Act Regulations. Priority I applications will be ranked in chronological order by date of application within the Priority 1 category.
    • Overhoused Transfer List contains all over housed households within the Windsor-Essex Service Area eligible for a transfer to a unit that is of a size permissible under the service manager's occupancy standards. The over housed transfer list will be ranked in chronological order by the original date the household first made an application for rent-geared-to-income assistance.
    • Priority II as defined by the service manager. Priority II applications will be ranked in chronological order by date of application within the Priority II category.
    • Priority III is defined as households that are not eligible for Priority 1, the over housed transfer list, or Priority 11 status. Priority III applications will be ranked in chronological order by date of application within the Priority III category.

  3. For the purposes of Section 1 — Determination of Priority Ranking, paragraph 10 subsection (a), the selection of a household in accordance with the CHR's determination of priority shall be made by selecting the highest priority household from among the relevant households. "Relevant household" means, in relation to a vacant unit, a household that has expressed a preference for the housing project where the unit is located and for whom the size and type of the vacant unit is permissible under the service manager's occupancy standards.

  4. A household with a lower priority may be selected if every other relevant household with a higher priority has been given an offer but has not accepted within a reasonable time.

  5. The housing provider may select a household, regardless of whether or not the household is on the centralized waitlist or the over housed transfer list if the household, (i) occupies another unit operated by the housing provider in the service area and; (ii) is already receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance, and (iii)has requested a transfer to another unit operated by the housing provider in the service area.

  6. In selecting a household under Section I — Determination of Priority Ranking, paragraph 10 subsection (e), the housing provider shall give a household in the special priority household category priority over a household that is not in the special priority household category.