SERVICES: market rental, rent geared to income, housing provider, application, housing registry, housing search

ABOUT: The County of Oxford (as a provincially designated Service Manager) assumed the responsibility for subsidizing social housing costs in 1998. In December 2000, the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000 was proclaimed making the County the sole shareholder for the public housing units. Under this same Act and associated Regulations, the County also became responsible for the funding and administrative functions of the municipal, private and co-operative non-profit social housing units effective December 1, 2001. (The funding and administrative responsibility does not include any Federal unilateral co-operative non-profits.) Subsidized housing is available in over 1,000 units situated in 10 municipalities within the County of Oxford. To allow applicants to have easier access to social housing, Oxford County has developed a co-ordinated and centralized application system to serve those social housing providers who are required, under the Act, to participate in such a system.

CONTACT:

Oxford County Housing
21 Reeve St., Box 1614
N4S 7Y3
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
www.county.oxford.on.ca
T: (519) 539-9800
Toll Free: 1-800-265-1015
F: (519) 539-0037