O. Reg. 342/05: Rent-Geared-to-Income Assistance and Special Needs Housing
filed June 13, 2005 under Social Housing Reform Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 27
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made under the
social housing reform act, 2000
Made: June 1, 2005
Filed: June 13, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 2, 2005
Amending O. Reg. 298/01
(Rent-Geared-to-Income Assistance and Special Needs Housing)
1. (1) The definition of “family unit” in subsection 4 (1) of Ontario Regulation 298/01 is amended by striking out “spouse or same-sex partner” where it occurs in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) and substituting in each case “spouse”.
(2) The definition of “same-sex partner” in subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.
(3) Clause (a) of the definition of “spouse” in subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(a) an individual who, together with the member, has declared to the service manager that the individual and the member are spouses, or
(4) Clause (b) of the definition of “spouse” in subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “an individual of the opposite sex to the member” at the beginning and substituting “an individual”.
(5) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(2) For the purpose of the definition of “spouse”, sexual factors shall not be investigated or considered in determining whether or not an individual is a spouse.
2. (1) Clause 27 (2) (a) of the Regulation is repealed and the following substituted:
(a) one bedroom for any two members of the household who are spouses of each other;
(2) Paragraph 1 of subsection 27 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “spouses or same-sex partners” and substituting “spouses”.
3. Subsection 28 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “spouses of each other or same-sex partners of each other” and substituting “spouses of each other”.
4. Subsection 39 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to the refusal of a bachelor unit by a household consisting of two individuals who are spouses of each other.
5. The definitions of “recipient”, “same-sex partner” and “spouse” in section 46 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
“recipient” has the same meaning as in the Ontario Works Act, 1997; (“bénéficiaire”)
“spouse” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 134/98 made under the Ontario Works Act, 1997. (“conjoint”)
6. Subsection 48 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “spouse or same-sex partner” and substituting “spouse”.
7. Clause 49 (4) (c) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “spouse or same-sex partner” and substituting “spouse”.
8. Subparagraph 46 i of subsection 50 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “spouse or same-sex partner” and substituting “spouse”.
9. The heading to Table 3 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
TABLE 3
ONTARIO WORKS RENT SCALE FOR A BENEFIT UNIT CONSISTING OF A RECIPIENT WITH NO SPOUSE BUT WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER DEPENDANTS
10. The heading to Table 4 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
TABLE 4
ONTARIO WORKS RENT SCALE FOR A BENEFIT UNIT CONSISTING OF (A) A RECIPIENT WITH NO SPOUSE AND NO OTHER DEPENDANTS, (B) A RECIPIENT WITH A SPOUSE BUT NO OTHER DEPENDANTS, OR (C) A RECIPIENT WITH A SPOUSE AND ONE OR MORE OTHER DEPENDANTS