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Housing Access

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17150 Yonge St, 5th Fl
Newmarket, ON
L3Y 8V3
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No public telephone number
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Toll-Free: 1-877-464-9675
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Fax: 905-830-5023
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Last Updated: Nov 24, 2024: Suggest an edit

Application

Call for more information, or complete and submit subsidized housing application form and other forms/documents as required

All forms are available online and at the office, or can be mailed to applicants on request; completed forms can be mailed, emailed, faxed or dropped off at the office

For wheelchair accessible units, applicant must have doctor complete Request for Modified Accessible Unit form; for special priority status, complete and submit Verification of Abuse and Request for Special Priority forms

Notice of Decision will include instructions on option to appeal the decision of rejected; once accepted, applicant can refuse first two offers of a unit, but will no longer be eligible if third offer refused

Eligibility / Target Population

York residents who are legal residents of Canada or refugee claimants unable to afford full market rent, and who meet Housing Access eligibility requirements:

  • applicant must be 16 years or older

  • all household members must have legal status in the country

  • cannot owe money to a former social housing provider

  • cannot be under a deportation, departure or exclusion order to leave Canada

  • annual household income must be less than $80,000

  • total value of assets must be less than $75,000

  • must be able to live independently


    Also special priority status for victims and survivors of domestic abuse or human trafficking whose safety is at risk

  • Fees

    Call or visit website for details on subsidies

    Contacts

    Helen Aston - Program Manager

    Languages

    English

    Accessibility Note

    Fully accessible

    Description of Services

    Administers centralized waiting list for approximately 5,000 subsidized rental housing units in York Region, operated by Housing York Inc (see separate record) and non-profit and co-operative housing organizations
    • subsidies for successful applicants are generally based on income
    • determines eligibility for outside programs such as Portable Housing Benefit (Special Priority Housing Category)

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