• At least one member of the household must be 16 years of age or older and able to live independently.
• Each household member must be a Canadian Citizen; or have made an application for status as permanent resident; or a claim for refugee protection; and must not have an enforceable removal order under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).
• Arrears to any Social Housing Provider must be paid in full or there must be an active repayment agreement plan in place and in good standing. 
• No household member will have been convicted of an offence related to rent geared-to-income assistance.
• No household member will have been found by a court of law or the Landlord and Tenant Board to have misrepresented their income for the purpose of rent geared-to-income assistance.
• No household will have assets that exceed $50,000 for a single person or $75,000 for a household of two or more people.
• No household will have income that exceeds the Household Income Limits. 

Household Income Limit:

• 1 bedroom: $33,000
• 2 bedrooms: $39,500
• 3 bedrooms: $43,500
• 4 bedrooms: $59,500
• Income limits are updated periodically in accordance with changes to the household income limits set out in Schedule 2 of Ontario Regulation 370/11 and the average market rents for the City of Cornwall and the Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

Applicants must fill out an application form and provide ALL the necessary documents. 

• All sections of the application must be completed and submitted with the required documents.
• Please read and make sure the Consent, Release and Declaration form is understood before signing the application form.  The application form must be signed by all applicants 16 years of age and older and all other non-dependent members of the household, or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the member if applicable.  
• Applicant(s) will receive written confirmation that the application has been processed with a list of approved buildings.

Social Housing Application Form

The Registry - Housing Access Centre
340 Pitt Street, 3rd Floor
Cornwall, ON K6J 3P9
Phone: 613-933-6282 x 3315
Fax: 613-938-9734

Notice: Regulatory Changes - Waitlist

In accordance with the new regulatory changes, a household will now only be allotted one (1) refusal of an offer before becoming ineligible for the waiting list and/or rent geared to income (RGI) subsidy.

NOTE: this rule is effective:

January 1^st, 2020

• for all applicants added to the waitlist or an internal transfer list after this date. 

January 1^st, 2021 (or sooner)

• for anyone that was already on the waitlist or an internal transfer prior to January 1^st, 2020.  The new rule applies to these individuals when one of the following occurs (whichever occurs first):

1. at annual update
2. after their next refusal
3. or when the client makes changes in year

For more information on this regulatory change please refer to Local Rule #14-2015 Refusals of Offer or you can visit: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r19318

Click on any of the links below to access the appropriate Local Rule:

Absence From Unit

Addition of New Household Members 16 Years of Age or Older

Asset Limits

Divestment of Property

Documentation Requirements (Revised: July 1/21)

Income Rule (Revised: July 1/21)

In-Situ Applicants

Internal Review

Internal Transfer Request

Misrepresentation of Income

Occupancy Standards

Overhoused Household (Revised: July 1/21)

Refusals of Offer

Reporting Changes / Guests of the Household

Residency Criteria

Reviewing Ongoing Eligibility

Social Housing Arrears

Time Period for Reporting Changes