A specific section of Ontario's COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act affecting housing services takes effect January 1, 2027

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Schedule 6, section 56 of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 has now been formally activated by Order in Council, meaning it becomes legally operative law. This provision amends or affects the Housing Services Act, 2011, which governs subsidized and social housing in Ontario. Organizations and operators subject to the Housing Services Act — including social housing providers, service managers, and related administrators — should review how this section changes their obligations or the rules that apply to them. Until now this provision existed in the statute but was dormant; proclamation means it carries full legal effect going forward.

Who this affects: social housing providers · municipal service managers · subsidized housing administrators · affordable housing operators