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Affordable Housing
Homeownership Kit:
This kit is designed to provide tools to assist service managers in the successful implementation of the Homeownership Component of the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. It includes checklists and templates, as well as materials intended to be circulated to potential applicants.
Community Partnerships & Projects 
This presentation, originally delivered in 2006, has been updated to reflect recent changes. The presentation gives an overview of the role and key activities of the Community Partnerships and Projects Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Municipally Sponsored Non-Profit Projects
This bulletin defines “municipally sponsored non-profit projects” and describes the requirement for a fair, open and competitive process for the Affordable Housing Program projects.
Registration of Security
This bulletin covers eligible contributions for inclusion in security documents, ranking of security for Affordable Housing Program projects, alternate forms of security and revisions to the contribution agreement.
Affordable Rents for Areas Outside of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Annual Average Rental Market Survey
This bulletin provides rent level information for service managers delivering the Affordable Housing Program.
To be used in cases where the CMHC does not publish annual average market rents.
MunicipalCommunications Protocol
This bulletin outlines communications responsibilities and activities for service managers and housing proponents participating in the Affordable Housing Program.
Rent Increases
This bulletin provides clarification on maximum permitted rent levels and increases for the Affordable Housing Program’s Strong Start projects phase.
Local Income Amount Distribution
This bulletin discusses market rents, household income limits (HILs) and local income limits for projects under the Affordable Housing Program.
Indemnification – Maximum Liability on Third-Party Claims
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, discusses maximum liability on third-party claims. It includes clarification of Schedule G “Protocol for Non-Compliance”, Section 5 of the Rental and Supportive Administration Agreement and Northern Component Administration Agreement under the Affordable Housing Program.
Unit Eligibility and Stacking
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, explains how the Affordable Housing Program funding can be combined with funding from other housing program sources. 
Service manager delivery model
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, describes the agreements and pre-conditions that are required under the Affordable Housing Program’s service manager funding delivery model – one of the two possible delivery models, the other being the shared funding delivery model.
Municipal Contributions
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, describes options municipalities have to contribute to housing proponents’ projects under the Affordable Housing Program.
Support Services Coordination
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, provides a step-by-step explanation of the coordination of supportive services for supportive units under the Rental and Supportive housing component of the Affordable Housing Program. It describes the roles and responsibilities of: the three sister ministries - MMAH, MOHLTC and MCSS; service managers; and housing proponents in providing services to clients who are either Victims of Domestic Violence, receiving supports under the Mental Health program, or living with Dual Diagnosis. It includes contact information.
Ontario Mortgage and Housing Initiative (OMHI)
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, outlines the steps that service managers must take to access the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) mortgage insurance through the Provincial Special Mortgage Correspondent (PSMC), and secure financing from the OMHI Roster of Qualified Lenders.
(Note: OMHI was established by the ministry to facilitate access to competitive construction and mortgage financing.)
Allowable Rent Levels and Increases and RTA Provisions
This bulletin, available as a PDF document, describes allowable rent levels and rent increases in projects in the Affordable Housing Program, as well as provisions and exemptions under the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA).