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Algoma District Services Administration Board - Social Housing
Assists residents to obtain and maintain safe and affordable housing through the following programs:
Public Housing
Affordable Housing Program
Rent Supplement
Public Housing
- Manages rent-geared-to-income housing
- Determines monthly rent amounts by calculating 30% of a household's gross monthly income
- Housing that is owned and operated by a community based organization
- Consists of rent-geared-to-income (RGI) units
Affordable Housing Program
- Housing that is owned by Algoma District Services Administration Board and mainly consists of apartments
- Offers affordable market rents
Rent Supplement
- Housing units that are owned and managed by private landlords
- Provides a subsidy for eligible tenants dependent on available funding
Application
The application form is available on the website or a hard copy can be picked up at one of the area offices
Eligibility
- Individuals 18 years of age and older who are able to live independently
- Special priority status available for victims of domestic violence and abuse
- Each household member is a Canadian citizen, or a landed immigrant, or a refugee claimant
- No deportation, departure or exclusion order has been made against any member of the household
- No member of the household owes rental arrears to any housing project under any housing program (Includes market and/or rent-geared-to-income)
- No member of the household has been convicted by a court of law or found by the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal to be misrepresenting their income for the purpose of rent geared to income assistance
Languages
Physical Access
Fully Accessible
Fees
Service - Rent
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