S-8, r. 3 - By-law respecting the conditions for the leasing of dwellings in low-rental housing

Section 8 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

8. Notwithstanding section 6, basic rent may not be less than the minimum basic rent appearing in Schedule 1, which is established according to the household situation. That minimum rent is determined, at the time the lease is entered into or renewed, according to the composition of the household, according to whether or not the persons making up that household receive social assistance or social solidarity benefits under the Individual and Family Assistance Act (chapter A-13.1.1) and, in the case where occupant 1 or, as the case may be, both occupants 1 and 2 receive such benefits, according to whether or not they have a limited capacity for employment within the meaning of that Act.

For the purposes of Schedule I, a child of full age who is a student and is a dependent child within the meaning of the Individual and Family Assistance Act is considered a child for the purposes of the composition of the household.

The minimum basic rents provided for in Schedule 1 shall be indexed annually on 1 March by an amount corresponding to 25% of the total amount of increase, for the preceding calendar year, in the social assistance or social solidarity benefits paid under the Individual and Family Assistance Act according to the household situation. The same applies to minimum rents applicable where at least one occupant does not receive benefits under that Act; in such a case, the indexation shall correspond to 25% of the total increase in the basic social assistance or social solidarity benefit provided for, according to the household situation, by the Individual and Family Assistance Act. The indexed rents shall be rounded off to the nearest quarter of a dollar. The Société d’habitation du Québec shall inform the public of the annual indexation by a notice published in the Gazette officielle du Québec or by such other means as it may consider appropriate.

O.C. 523-2001, s. 8.