• (c) the bedroom is required to accommodate an individual who is not a member of the household and who provides a member of the household with support services that are required because of the member's disability or medical condition or;

• (d) a member of the household is pregnant or;

• (e) a member of the household has verified joint custody over a child who is not a member of the household, the member is required to provide accommodation for the child, and the bedroom is required to accommodate the child or;

• (f) a member of the household has visiting rights with respect to one or more children who are not members of the household and the housing provider or the Manager of the Central Housing Registry-Windsor Essex County, as the case may be, is satisfied the member has demonstrated the following:

  1. it is a condition of the member’s visiting rights that the member must provide adequate accommodation for the child(ren) when the child(ren) stays overnight with the member and;

  2. the child(ren) will stay overnight with the member and the bedroom is required to accommodate the child(ren) and;

  Iii) given the age, gender, a number of children and frequency of overnight stays an additional bedroom(s) is required to provide adequate accommodation to satisfy the conditions of the member's visiting rights.

• (g) the requirements listed in f) (i),(ii),(iii) above shall be waived if the member demonstrates the member’s visiting rights will be diminished or withdrawn and the request for an additional bedroom to accommodate the child(ren) shall be approved.

• (h) eligibility for an additional bedroom may be approved by the Central Housing Registry-Windsor Essex County for a household that has applied to be on the centralized waitlist or has been placed on the centralized waitlist or by the housing provider for households in receipt of rent-geared~to-income assistance if the Central Housing Registry-Windsor Essex County or housing provider, as the case may be, is satisfied that extenuating circumstances exist and receives the prior written consent of the service manager.

Kinship Service/Customary Care Arrangement

in this section:

1. ”kinship care" means an arrangement where a member of the household is a relative of a child who has been separated from their parents and; the relative household member of the child is obligated to provide full-time care, nurturing and protection of the child and; the child is being cared for by the child's relative member of the household.

2. ”customary care" means an arrangement where a member of the household may or may not be a relative of a child who has been separated from their parents and; the household member is obligated to provide full-time care, nurturing and protection of the child and; the child is being cared for by the child’s member of the household.