Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Their new involvement with the income support worker would be to apply for the housing subsidy for which they would qualify. So just as the circumstance now is that if somebody goes and applies to a landlord for a unit, they have to have a letter accepting them as a tenant and stating what the income is, and they can come back and then get income support for it. If they're in public housing, they would still have to go to public housing, apply for the unit, and then the application for the subsidy will be completed at the income support office. Now, that doesn't mean that they would necessarily have to come back every month. As I said earlier, people who are in stable situations may have it set up so that their subsidy is left stable and they're just required to come back and report to income support if their economic situation changes, and so may only wind up going into the income support office once a year.
Charles Dent on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 14th, 2006
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