Contact person: Gail Zeldin
Address:
Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation,
322 Kent St West, Box 2600,
Lindsay, ON, K9V 4S7
Office phone: 705-324-6401
Fax: 705-328-2875
E-mail: gzeldin@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
Web address: www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
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Description of Services:
The program operates as an interest free loan based program with payment being made directly to the Landlord with repayment to the City of Kawartha Lakes by the applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be facing eviction. This office must receive a copy of the N4 form (Notice to Terminate Early for Non-payment of Rent) from the Housing Tribunal Office
- The program cannot exceed two months of arrears.
- Maximum loan amounts are as follows:
| Singles |
$750.00 |
| Couples without dependents |
$1,000.00 |
| Families with dependents |
$1,500.00 |
- Applicants rent-to-income ratio must be below 70% and they must be able to demonstrate that they are able to sustain their housing and repay the rent bank loan.
- Applicants must have a steady income.
- Applicants must detail and document all income and expenses.
- The landlord must be involved in the process and must be willing to ensure the tenancy of the applicant.
- Applicants must involve their landlord from the commencement of the application to ensure that every effort to negotiate a repayment agreement directly with the landlord has been made. The office will contact the landlord to assess the tenant landlord relationship.
- Applicants must demonstrate that housing is sustainable, habitable and must reside in the City of Kawartha Lakes or the County of Haliburton. Applicants must be residing as legal tenants in units that are safe and not hazardous to their health.
- Applicants currently receiving social assistance are not eligible until they demonstrate that all assistance through other funding or grants available are exhausted. This will be determined through contact with the Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program caseworker, the applicant and the staff of the Housing Department.
- Applicants who reside in rent geared to income units can only apply when they are referred by a community legal clinic and can demonstrate that they have attempted to negotiate a repayment schedule with the housing provider but have failed.
- Applicants can only apply once in a two year period, repayment of an existing loan may enable an earlier application period.
