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- Social Housing: Rent-Geared-to-Income units (RGI): = units where the rent comes to only 30% of your income, or, according to a provincially legislated "rent scale" if you are on social assistance. to apply for Toronto: City of Toronto/Access to housing it is good to know that it takes about 15 years to get an RGI unit in Toronto; that a lot of co-ops and Artscape offer RGI, but then, you have to be on their list + the city's list; and that you can apply to be on the lists of several municipalities in Ontario, but each will keep its list and attributes units in its own way. most municipalities will make only one offer when you come on top of their list and if you refuse, you fall back to the bottom of the list. Toronto says it has a "choice-based system" but be aware that the "choice" will be limited. - housing co-ops: Co-op lists are rarely open for new sign-up but for those co-ops which are member of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT), one can find the lists on the CHFT's website the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada -artists co-ops: Arcadia (416-260-6611; arcadiahousing@rogers.com; waiting list closed at the moment) Beaver Hall Lakeshore Village Artists Co-op Performing Artists Lodge - Artscape - affordable housing providers: = units with rents a bit lower than market rent; here are just a few of them St-Clare's Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) Fred Victor info from City of Toronto Wigwamen Terrace Jack Layton Seniors Housing - supportive housing providers: = RGI units that one can get if needing and accepting specific supports example: Access Point - Modular Housing |