© Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Toronto, Canada 5 OVERVIEW • Owning your home • Renting your home • Retirement homes • Condominiums and co-ops • Accessing publically funded community care © Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Toronto, Canada 6 OWNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS • Sole ownership • Joint tenancies (right of survivorship) • Tenants in common (no right of survivorship) • Considerations if buying a. [...] 53(1) • The tenancy agreement must set out: • the amount of rent; • when rent is payable; • which care services and/or meals the tenant is paying for; • the cost of each care service and/or meals; and, • the length of the tenancy agreement © Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Toronto, Canada 27 CARE HOME INFORMATION PACKAGES • Before a tenant signs a tenancy agreement, the landlord must provide the t. [...] 150(1) • Not limited to one increase annually • No limit to the amount of the increase • An increase in a charge for a care service or meals is void if the landlord has not given the notice required by this section, and the landlord must give a new notice before the landlord can take the increase: RTA, s. [...] 148(1) • Landlord must bring an L7 application and prove to the LTB that • appropriate alternate accommodation is available for the tenant; and • the level of care that the landlord is able to provide when combined with the community-based services provided to the tenant in the home cannot meet the tenant’s care needs: RTA, s. [...] 148(2) © Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Toronto, Canada 34 THE RETIREMENT HOMES REGULATORY AUTHORITY • The RHRA is an independent, self-funded, not-for-profit regulator created by the RHA, with a mandate to: • To administer the RHA and the regulations, including licensing homes • Inspect homes for compliance under the RHA • To investigate allegations of abuse of residents • To respond to complain.
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