(g) The housing provider may, with the approval of the service manager, select a household if,

  1. the household occupies a unit operated by a different housing provider in the same service area,
  2. the household is already in receipt of rent-geared-to-income assistance, and
  3. the household has requested a transfer to a unit operated by the housing provider in the service area. 

Alternative Housing Provider

II. "Alternative housing provider" means a housing provider that has a mandate, under Section 76 of the Housing Services Act, to provide housing to households that are homeless or hard to house.

  1. "alternative housing unit" means a unit in a housing project operated by an alternative housing provider that is made available to households that are homeless or hard to house.
  2. an alternative housing provider may select a homeless or hard-to-house household to occupy an alternative housing unit, regardless of whether or not the homeless or hard-to-house household is on the centralized waitlist if the household is otherwise eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance.
  3. an alternative housing provider is required to obtain the prior written approval of the service manager of a plan that: proposes the number of alternative housing units to be allocated; the process and procedure the alternative housing provider will follow to provide an alternative housing unit to a homeless or hard-to-house household and; any other information the service manager requires to assess and approve the plan.
12. A household may be selected only if the vacant unit is of the size and type that is permissible for the household under the service manager's occupancy standards. 

Conversion from Market to RGI Rent — a selection of already accommodated households

13. The housing provider may, with the prior written approval of the CHR based on eligibility, select a household that already occupies a unit in a designated housing project as a household to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance.

14. The CHR's decision on a conversion from market rent to subsidized rent application shall be made in accordance with the rules made by the service manager.

15. A selection under Section 1 — Conversion from Market to RGI Rent, paragraph 14 shall be made in accordance with the CHR's determination of priority under the service manager's rules, from among the households that are on the centralized waitlist and that already occupy units in the housing project.

Refusals to Offer by Housing Provider

16. A housing provider, despite any other rule, is permitted to not offer a household a subsidized unit in a housing project in any of the following circumstances:

  1. the housing provider has a mandate under Section 76 of the Housing Services Act and offering the unit to the household would be contrary to that mandate.