Social Housing Reform Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 27

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Social Housing Reform Act, 2000

S.O. 2000, CHAPTER 27

Historical version for the period May 4, 2011 to December 31, 2011.

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, this Act is repealed. See: 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, ss. 184, 189.

Last amendment: 2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 184.

PART I
INTERPRETATION

Purpose

1. The purpose of this Act is to provide for the efficient and effective administration of housing programs by service managers. 2000, c. 27, s. 1.

Definitions

2. In this Act,

“administrator” means an administrator appointed under section 15; (“administrateur”)

“area services board” means a board established under Part II of the Northern Services Boards Act; (“régie régionale des services publics”)

“district social services administration board” means a board established under the District Social Services Administration Boards Act; (“conseil d’administration de district des services sociaux”)

“dssab service manager” means a service manager that is a district social services administration board; (“conseil gestionnaire de services”)

“federal funding” means money received by the Crown in right of Ontario from the Crown in right of Canada or the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for the purpose of funding prescribed housing programs; (“subvention fédérale”)

“high need household” means a household that meets such criteria as may be prescribed; (“ménage ayant des besoins importants”)

“household” means an individual who lives alone or two or more individuals who live together; (“ménage”)

“housing program” means a program prescribed as a housing program; (“programme de logement”)

“housing project” means all or part of the residential accommodation, including facilities used for ancillary purposes, located in one or more buildings used in whole or in part for residential accommodation; (“ensemble domiciliaire”)

“housing provider” means a person who operates a housing project; (“fournisseur de logements”)

“independent municipality” means a municipality within the service area of a municipal service manager and that does not form part of the municipality of the municipal service manager for municipal purposes; (“municipalité indépendante”)

“landlord” has the same meaning as in the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006; (“locateur”)

“lead agency” means a lead agency designated under section 88; (“organisme responsable”)

“local housing authority” means a corporation constituted under subsection 7 (2) of the Housing Development Act as a housing authority for a particular geographic area; (“commission locale de logement”)

“local housing corporation” means a corporation that has been incorporated in accordance with section 23; (“société locale de logement”)

“market unit” means a unit that is in a housing project and that is not a rent-geared-to-income unit; (“logement à loyer du marché”)

“Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”)

“Ministry” means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”)

“modified unit” means a unit that has been modified so as to be accessible to an individual with a physical disability or so as to allow an individual with a physical disability to live independently; (“logement modifié”)

“municipal service manager” means a service manager that is a municipality; (“municipalité gestionnaire de services”)

“non-profit housing co-operative” means a non-profit housing co-operative under the Co-operative Corporations Act; (“coopérative de logement sans but lucratif”)

“Ontario Mortgage and Housing Corporation” means the Ontario Mortgage and Housing Corporation continued under the Ontario Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act; (“Société ontarienne d’hypothèques et de logement”)

“operating agreement” means an agreement, a memorandum of understanding, a letter of commitment or any combination of them, whether oral, written or in part oral and in part written, entered into before this section comes into force between a housing provider and one or more of the Crown in right of Ontario, the Crown in right of Canada, the Minister, the Ministry, a minister or ministry of the Crown in right of Canada, the Ontario Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, a local housing authority, an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario and an agent of the Crown in right of Canada under which funding is provided to the housing provider with respect to a housing project under a housing program; (“accord d’exploitation”)

“person” means an individual, a corporation, the Crown, a municipality, an agency, a board, a commission or any other entity; (“personne”)

“personal information” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; (“renseignements personnels”)

“personal property” means property that is not real property, and includes chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, intangibles, money and securities, all as defined in the Personal Property Security Act, accounts receivable, agreements, licences, permits, intellectual property, records and goods, but does not include building materials that have been affixed to real property; (“bien meuble”)

“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”)

“real property” means lands, tenements, appurtenances, hereditaments and fixtures, and includes an interest in or a right issuing or arising out of, annexed to or exercisable with respect to lands, tenements, appurtenances, hereditaments or fixtures; (“bien immeuble”)

“record” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and includes a record that contains confidential information or personal information; (“document”)

“regulations” means regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”)

“related municipality”, in relation to a local housing corporation, means,

(a) an independent municipality in the related service manager’s service area, in the case of a municipal service manager, or

(b) a municipality in the related service manager’s service area, in the case of a dssab service manager; (“municipalité liée”)

“related service manager”, in relation to a local housing corporation, means the service manager to whom common shares of the local housing corporation are deemed to have been issued under subsection 23 (7); (“gestionnaire de services lié”)

“rent-geared-to-income assistance” means financial assistance provided in respect of a household under a housing program to reduce the amount the household must otherwise pay to occupy a unit in a housing project; (“aide sous forme de loyer indexé sur le revenu”)

“rent-geared-to-income unit” means a unit in a housing project that either is occupied by a household receiving rent-geared-to-income assistance or is available for occupancy by a household eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance; (“logement à loyer indexé sur le revenu”)

“rent supplement agreement” means an operating agreement under a rent supplement program established by the Minister; (“accord de supplément au loyer”)

“service area”, in relation to a service manager, means the geographic area specified as the service area of that service manager under subsection 4 (2); (“aire de service”)

“service manager” means a municipality, agency, board or commission designated as a service manager under subsection 4 (1); (“gestionnaire de services”)

“Social Housing Services Corporation” means the corporation established under section 140; (“Société des services de logement social”)

“special needs housing” means a unit that is occupied by or is made available for occupancy by a household having one or more individuals who require accessibility modifications or provincially-funded support services in order to live independently in the community; (“logement adapté”)

“supportive housing provider” means a housing provider providing special needs housing in a housing project operated by it; (“fournisseur de logements avec services de soutien”)

“transfer order” means a transfer order made under Part IV; (“décret de transfert ou de mutation”)

“transferee” means a person to whom assets, liabilities, rights, obligations or employees are transferred by a transfer order; (“destinataire d’un transfert ou d’une mutation”, “destinataire”)

“transferor” means a person any of whose assets, liabilities, rights, obligations or employees are transferred by a transfer order; (“auteur d’un transfert ou d’une mutation”, “auteur”)

“transferred housing program”, in relation to a service manager, means a housing program for which responsibility has been transferred to the service manager under section 10, and in respect of which the transfer has taken effect; (“programme de logement transféré”)

“transferred housing project”, in relation to a service manager, means a housing project that is subject to a transferred housing program and that has been prescribed for the purposes of section 10; (“ensemble domiciliaire transféré”)

“unit” means a unit intended for use as residential accommodation in a housing project. (“logement”) 2000, c. 27, s. 2; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2006, c. 17, s. 257 (1); 2006, c. 32, Sched. E, s. 5.

Crown bound

3. This Act binds the Crown. 2000, c. 27, s. 3.

PART II
SERVICE MANAGERS

Powers and Duties

Service managers and service areas

Designation of service manager

4. (1) The Minister shall by regulation designate the municipalities, the district social services administration boards, the area services boards and the other agencies, boards and commissions that are service managers for the purposes of this Act. 2000, c. 27, s. 4 (1).

Service area

(2) For each service manager, the Minister shall by regulation specify the geographic area that is the service area of that service manager for the purposes of this Act. 2000, c. 27, s. 4 (2).

Powers of service manager

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