Your rent is due on the first day of the month, every month.
Types of Rent
There are three kinds of rent available at London and Middlesex Community Housing.
1. Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI):
This is rent paid for subsidized housing. It is usually 30 per cent of gross monthly household income (income before deductions). Under the rules for social housing in Ontario, the amount paid is reviewed every year. If some or all your income is from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program and you pay rent-geared-to-income, your rent is calculated differently.
Annual Rent Review
If you pay rent-geared-to-income, we will send you a rent review package once a year. The package includes forms that you must fill out to report the income of everyone in your household. You must complete and return these forms with supporting documents within 30 days. If you do not, you could lose your subsidy. Talk to your CRW or call the Main Office to set up an appointment if you need help completing these forms.
If you pay rent-geared-to-income and your income changes at any time during the year, you must report the change in writing or in person to LMCH within 30 days.
2. Affordable Rent:
This type of rent is set at or below average market rent. To qualify, an applicant’s household annual gross income cannot be more than four times the annual rent of the unit for which you are applying.
3. Market Rent:
It is the same or slightly lower than rents charged by private landlords in the area.
Please Note: If you have RGI and graduate to market rate rent for over two years, in order to qualify again you must apply to the waiting list via Housing Access Centre (HAC) managed by the City of London.london.ca/living-london/community-services/homeless-prevention-housing/community housing
If it’s been less than 2 years, please contact Tenant Services (CRW).
