Transfers
Learn about internal transfer requests for RGI households, including safety, medical, underhoused, and overhoused situations. Find the necessary forms and criteria for transfer eligibility.
You and your family have been housed according to your needs at time of move-in. Internal transfer requests for Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) households may be considered for safety, medical and underhoused situations, each of which has its own criteria.
The Housing Services Act requires that we transfer families who are over housed. You are considered to be overhoused if you are living in a home that is larger than you need for your family. If you become over housed, you must tell your Tenant Services Manager in writing immediately so that proper arrangements can be made.
Requests for choice transfers (previously referred to as chronological transfers) will need to complete a new RGI application with the CHR and await an offer through the CHR waitlist process.
To apply for an internal RGI transfer, you must complete the appropriate forms. Contact your Community Relations Worker (CRW) for support and additional information.
Your request will be considered by the Transfer Evaluation Committee. You will be informed of the committee’s decision. If your request is approved, you will be placed on the Internal Transfer Waitlist.
Transfer offers follow the same ‘one offer’ rule as for RGI housing – refusal or failure to respond to an offer within the prescribed period will result in the cancellation of the transfer request. You may not be able to reapply for a transfer for the same reason.
