Most recipients of Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) are aware that the provincial government ended the CSUMB benefit as of January 1, 2013. What many people don’t know however is that municipalities were instructed by the province to create new Community Homelessness Prevention Initiatives (CHPI), including the Housing Stabilization Fund (HSF).  Toronto Employment and Social Services (TESS) did so, but officials have advised Toronto legal clinics that the requests for Housing Stabilization Fund assistance are quite low. NLS wants to help get the word out that some additional forms of assistance are still possible. 

This article is provided courtesy of CLEO

At this time of year, many tenants are moving into new places. And while moving can be a fresh start, sometimes problems with a previous landlord can linger.

This month's On the Radar looks at what the law says about some of the most common of these scenarios.

There are about 550 non-profit housing co-operatives in Ontario with 44,000 member households representing about 125,000 individuals (Note: a member of a co-op is similar – but not the same as – a “tenant” in a rental housing situation). They are presently governed by the Co-operative Corporations Act, 1990.  In April this year the government introduced Bill 65, the Non-Profit Housing Co-operative Statute Law Amendment Act that is set to amend both the Co-operative Corporations Act and the Residential Tenancies Act.