Portable Housing Benefit - COHB

 

The COHB Program has currently reached capacity. If you would like to apply to the program, your name will be placed on the COHB waitlist.

The Canada Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB) program provides households with a portable housing benefit to assist with rental costs in the private housing market. The benefit is tied to the household and can be used to help pay rent anywhere in Ontario.

This provincially administered benefit is available to eligible priority groups who are on, or are eligible to be on, the City of Greater Sudbury Centralized Wait List for Rent Geared-to-Income subsidized housing.

The COHB pays the difference between 30 per cent of the household’s income and the average market rent in the area. For recipients of social assistance, the COHB will pay the difference between the shelter allowance and the household’s rent and utilities costs. The program is administered by the Province of Ontario and the benefit amount is reviewed every year.

This is a closed application process, and the benefit is not available to the general public.

COHB applicants must reside permanently in Ontario and be on, or eligible to be on, the City of Greater Sudbury Centralized Wait List for community housing.

Priority will be given to the following groups:

• Persons experiencing homelessness

• Survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking

• Indigenous persons

• Persons with disabilities requiring modified units

The benefit amount will depend on the recipient’s household size and income. The amount is calculated using a formula that includes household income, the number of people in the household and the local housing market rents in Greater Sudbury. 

To receive the COHB, applicants must agree to be removed from the City of Greater Sudbury Centralized Wait List as required by provincial program guidelines.

Households cannot be receiving COHB and Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing or any other form of housing benefit at the same time.

COHB is a portable benefit, which means that it will continue to support recipients wherever they move in Ontario. The benefit amount may change to reflect the average local market rent.

For more information about the the COHB program, please contact the City of Greater Sudbury Housing Registry:

housing.registry@greatersudbury.ca

OR

705-674-4455, extension 4230

Please fill out the form below if interested in applying for the COHB program.