RGI FAQ
Yes, you can let us know what size of unit you want to live in. However, your choice must fall within a range of unit sizes that is set by the occupancy standards that apply to your household size. The standards are:
- there can be no less than one person per bedroom
- applicants can choose to have two children of the same sex share a bedroom
- couples (married, common-law, same-sex partners) are allocated one bedroom only
- single adults are each allocated one bedroom
- a single adult may choose a bachelor-style (no bedrooms) unit if there are no other household members
- if there is a documented medical need, a child is expected, or there are documented child custody requirements, an extra bedroom may be provided
Applicants are offered units in order of date they completed their application. Victims of family violence are an exception to this rule and may be placed higher on the list than a non-special priority household. If you have questions about special priority status, please contact us.
As your name nears the top of the waitlist, you will be contacted to provide additional information to make sure you qualify for rent-geared-to-income housing.
A rent-geared-to-income unit is calculated based on 30% of the gross household income to a maximum of the established "market rent" (going rate) for the unit (with the exception of Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program recipients).
The minimum rent for a unit is $85.00, plus any applicable utility charges.
For more details about how rent is calculated, income and asset limits, please contact Oxford County Human Services.
External transfers: Tenant requested, one housing provider to another.
Tenants who want to transfer to a unit with another housing provider must complete an application form, signed by all household members 16 years of age or older, and submit it to Oxford County Human Services.
The application will be placed on the waiting list for that unit and ranked by the date of the application to transfer and location preference. Tenants must meet the eligibility criteria for the unit.
Contact us with questions about the following types of transfers:
- Internal transfers: Special priority, victims of family violence
- Over-housed and under-housed tenants (mandatory for continued subsidy)
Internal transfers: Tenant requested (O. Reg. 339/01 s. 11)
Tenants who want to transfer to another unit with the same housing provider will be placed on the housing provider’s internal waiting list, ranked by date and location preference, and will be listed as an internal applicant. They must meet the following basic criteria:
- they must have lived in their present accommodation for twelve (12) consecutive months;
- they must have been up to date with their rent for a minimum of six (6) months;
- they must continue to meet the eligibility criteria.
Internal applicants who have an urgent need to move to another unit will be given priority if they meet the following additional criteria:
- serious medical/health and/or social needs which would result in great hardship to the applicant if he/she must wait a long period of time for the new accommodation;
- personal safety issues of an extraordinary nature, where a member of the household is at risk (this designation would be at the discretion of the housing provider).
Rent-geared-to-income units can be found in the following communities:
- Drumbo
- Embro
- Ingersoll
- Norwich
- Princeton
- Tavistock
- Thamesford
- Tillsonburg
- Woodstock
For more details about rent-geared-to-income housing in these communities, search the Housing Map.
Yes. However, a household is removed from the waiting list for rent-geared-to-income housing if it refuses one (1) offer of rent-geared-to-income units that:
- are the size the household applied for and are eligible for, as determined by the occupancy standards;
- the unit that is offered is in a housing project for which the household has indicated a preference on the application.
The exception to the refusal of one offer is Special Priority Status applicants. For additional details please contact us.