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  Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) Guide
   

The Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) Guide is a comprehensive, plain language document designed to assist social housing providers in managing their RGI households in accordance with the Housing Services Act (HSA). The Guide contains details on eligibility, occupancy standards, determining household income and calculating and reviewing RGI. The Guide also includes sample notice requirement forms in the appendices.

Note that the latest version of the RGI Guide has numerous changes since the last release. We recommend that you recycle copies of your old guide and replace them with the new version.

get Acrobat ReaderTo view the RGI Guide, you must have Adobe Acrobat Readersoftware installed on your computer.

For your convenience, you can access the complete guide or individual sections and chapters.


RGI sample forms
Sample notice letters and review forms are available for downloading. They require Microsoft Word version 6.0 or higher.

Housing providers may change these samples to suit their needs or they may choose to use other letters and forms. However, housing providers must ensure that their letters and forms fulfill HSA requirements.

To download any of the forms, point to the form name, click the right mouse button, select Save Target As from the shortcut menu, choose a folder on your computer and click the Save button.

RGI calculation forms
blue bullet Household income and asset review form (Sample)
blue bullet RGI calculation worksheet
Notices
blue bullet Reminder notice to send income & asset review form
blue bullet Missing information on income & asset review form
blue bullet Notice of increase to market rent
blue bullet Notice of decision
Medical forms
blue bullet Form 1: Medical need for an additional bedroom
blue bullet Form 2: Care agency’s verification
blue bullet Form 3: Caregiver’s verification
Income
blue bullet Failure to Obtain Income

For more information or to report errors on our website please contact us at socialhousing@toronto.ca

 

 

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