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Income and Employment Supports Act
Published Date: January 01, 2019
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Part 10 Schedule

Section 8 Core shelter payment – barriers to full employment/expected to work or working

  1. The maximum monthly core shelter payment that may be provided to a barriers to full employment household unit or an expected to work or working household unit is
    1. for the 2019 CPI adjustment year,
      1. if subclauses (iii) to (vi) do not apply, and the household unit lives in private housing, the amount determined under Table 2,
      2.  if subclauses (iii) to (vi) do not apply, and the household unit lives in social housing, the amount determined under Table 3,
      3.  if the household unit lives in an approved home, $511,
      4.  if the household unit lives in a hospital or nursing home, the monthly accommodation charge for that facility under the Hospitals Act or the Nursing Homes Act,
      5.  if the household unit lives in a shared family residence that is not owned by an adult member of the unit or in which an adult member of the unit is not a party to a residential tenancy agreement with a third party, $103, and
      6.  if the household unit lives in a group home, $435 for each adult member,

        and

    2. for the 2020 CPI adjustment year and subsequent CPI adjustment years,
      1. if subclauses (iii) to (vi) do not apply, and the household unit lives in private housing, an amount adjusted in accordance with section 2,
      2. if subclauses (iii) to (vi) do not apply, and the household unit lives in social housing, the amount determined under Table 3,
      3. if the household unit lives in an approved home, an amount adjusted in accordance with section 2,
      4. if the household unit lives in a hospital or nursing home, the monthly accommodation charge for that facility under the Hospitals Act or the Nursing Homes Act,
      5. if the household unit lives in a shared family residence that is not owned by an adult member of the unit or in which an adult member of the unit is not a party to a residential tenancy agreement with a third party, an amount adjusted in accordance with section 2, and
      6. if the household unit lives in a group home, an amount adjusted in accordance with section 2.