Lanark (County of). Administration

Subsidized housing program that offers basic rent-geared-to-income (RGI) social housing for low-income households of Lanark County

• Special Priority Policy (SPP) gives priority to households who have a member who has been abused by someone who is or was living with them within the past 3 months, or is a victim of human trafficking
  
• SPP ensures housing is not a barrier to leaving situation of family/domestic abuse or trafficking

• at least one member of the household must be 16 years of age or older and able to live independently


• each member of the household must be a Canadian citizen, a landed immigrant or have Refugee Claimant Status, with no outstanding deportation, departure, or exclusion order in effect


• the household must have a source of income, with a total income within the allowable limits of the program


Assets limit:
• $100,000


Income limits:
• $32,000 for a bachelor unit


• $42,000 for a one-bedroom unit


• $49,500 for a two-bedroom unit


• $53,500 for a three-bedroom unit


• $62,500 for a four- or five-bedroom unit


• no member of the household has been convicted of misrepresenting their income to receive rent-geared-to-income assistance by the Landlord and Tenant Boards or a court of law in the past two years


• no money owing to any social housing provider in Ontario, or you have an agreement with the provider to repay the money

• birth certificate or passport


• proof of legal residency status in Canada


• current Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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• information about any money owed to or re-payment plans with a Social Housing Provider


• signed consent and declaration for all household members over 16 years of age


• for minor children, a verification of custody arrangements

• Beckwith
• Carleton Place
• Drummond/North Elmsley
• Lanark County
• Lanark Highlands
• Mississippi Mills
• Montague
• Perth
• Smiths Falls
• Tay Valley