[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: [ Rental Opportunities for Ontario Families (ROOF) Announcement

[Terrie]

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Please forward to the most appropriate people in your organization.

Reminder notice:

The deadline for accessing the ROOF program is November 15, 2007. To be
eligible, applicants must apply by this date.

Rental Opportunity for Ontario Families (ROOF) is a new program where a
$100 allowance per month is paid directly to low income working families
(those with children and net incomes below $20,000) to assist with
either private market or social housing rent.

Starting January 2008, the Province will provide these housing
allowances to eligible families for a maximum of 5 years. Families may
be eligible if they:
- have employment income
- are a renter household
- have one or more dependent children under the age of 18
- pay more than 30% of income on rent
- are on, or eligible to be on the social housing waiting list
- are not receiving social assistance or other government shelter
allowance.

Applications must be made using original application forms provided by
the Province. Applications can be requested using the attached flyer,
through the ROOF website at www.Ontario.ca/ROOF, or at some communiy.



-- 
Terrie ( mocharebyl at gmail.com )
"If you see an injustice being committed, you aren't an observer, you are a
participant." June Callwood
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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