Bill 84, Public Housing Preservation Act, 2000

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Bill 84

Bill 842000

An Act to require

the preservation of public housing

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1. In this Act, "

affordable" means costing not more than 30 per cent of a tenant's gross income; ("abordable") "

housing unit" means a unit with living and sleeping facilities for one or more persons, with or without other facilities that belong to the unit or are shared with other units; ("logement") "

municipality" includes a district or regional municipality and the County of Oxford. ("municipalit")

No sale

2. (1)A housing unit that was developed under Part X of the National Housing Act (Canada) or a predecessor of that Part and is owned by the Government of Ontario or a municipality may not be sold.

Exception

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to prevent a sale that does not result in a reduction in the overall numbers, within the geographic area, of,

(a)housing units of comparable size and type that are,

(i)affordable by tenants with low incomes,

(ii)owned by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, a municipality or a non-profit corporation, including a non-profit housing co-operative under the Co-operative Corporations Act\;

(b)housing units described in clause (a) that are scattered units.

Proceeds of sale, Government of Ontario

(3)If a housing unit that is owned by the Government of Ontario is sold as subsection (2) permits, the Government of Ontario shall consider the desirability of paying the proceeds of the sale to the municipality in which the unit is located, to be reinvested in housing for tenants with low incomes.

Same, municipality

(4)If a housing unit that is owned by a municipality is sold as subsection (2) permits, the municipality shall reinvest the proceeds of the sale in housing for tenants with low incomes.

Conflict

(5)Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) apply despite any other Act or regulation.

Tenants' rights

3. A tenant who occupies a housing unit that was developed under Part X of the National Housing Act (Canada) or a predecessor of that Part and who continues to be eligible for subsidized housing is entitled to continue to occupy that unit or to be provided with an alternate housing unit of comparable size and type that is,

(a)in the same geographic area;

(b)affordable by tenants with low incomes;

(c)owned by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, a municipality or a non-profit corporation, including a non-profit housing co-operative under the Co-operative Corporations Act\; and

(d)available for occupancy on the day the tenant moves out of the original unit.

Regulations

4. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to define,

(a)"low income"\;

(b)"comparable size and type"\;

(c)"same geographic area"\;

(d)"scattered units".

Commencement

5.This Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title

6.The short title of this Act is the Public Housing Preservation Act, 2000.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill is intended to prevent sales of public housing units if they would reduce Ontario's stock of social housing, and to promote reinvestment in public housing.