Ontario. Social Housing Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Social Housing Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Social Housing Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2000-

      History

      With the passage of the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000, the provincial government transferred funding and administration of provincial social housing programs, including non-profit and cooperative housing, to municipal service managers, effective January 1, 2001. The Social Housing Branch, along with the Market Housing Branch, replaced the former Housing Policy Branch within the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. As part of the social housing devolution process and ministry reorganization, the Social Housing Branch was named Non-Profit and Market Housing Programs during 2000-2001. In 2002, the program was split into the Market Housing Branch and the Social Housing Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Social Housing Branch sets the framework for municipal administration of social housing throughout the province, including non-profit, cooperative and former public housing operated by the Ontario Housing Corporation. The Branch also manages the province's contingent liability for social housing and continues to perform ongoing provincial responsibilities as prescribed in the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000.

      Address

      Social Housing Reform Act, Statutes of Ontario 2000, Chap. 27

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) (1995-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA96

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      2000-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Housing Policy Branch (1991-2000)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1422

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Housing Policy Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Social Housing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Housing Policy Branch. (2008-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2461

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Housing Policy Branch. is the successor of Ontario. Social Housing Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1881

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 2000-2003

          KWIC Indexes to Services, 2000-2003

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Ball-Pyatt