The Haldimand-Norfolk Housing Corporation is an organization

Organization

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 to provide rent

Renting

Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership from landowners...

al housing for senior citizen

Senior citizen

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s, adult

Adult

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s, and families

Family

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.

Summary

This social housing

Public housing in Canada

Public housing in Canada is a federal, provincial, or local program designed to provide subsidized assistance for low-income and poor people. Increasingly provided in a variety of settings, public housing used to be one or more blocks of low-rise and/or high-rise housing operated by a government...

 outreach program serves the Haldimand

Haldimand County, Ontario

Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. Municipal offices are located in Cayuga....

 and Norfolk

Norfolk County, Ontario

Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...

 counties using English

English language

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 and Dutch

Dutch language

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 as valid languages of communication. A notable example of their social housing program can be seen on Arthur Street in Simcoe

Simcoe, Ontario

Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Eligibility is limited to seniors and adults who demonstrate the capabilities of independent living in addition to heads of families with at least one dependant

Dependant

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. Access to the units is completely wheelchair

Wheelchair

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 accessible. Rent supplement programs can help subsidize the rent of low-income tenant

Leasehold estate

A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord....

s who live in apartments that are not owned by the housing corporation.

On February 1 2002, the counties of Haldimand and Norfolk took over responsibilities for social housing from the Government of Ontario

Government of Ontario

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's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The social housing division under the jurisdiction of the Health and Social Services Department and reports to both the Norfolk and Haldimand county councils through the Health and Social Services Advisory Committee.