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Applying for Community Housing

Applying for Housing

The Cochrane District Services Board (CDSB) operates a centralized wait list for community housing, meaning someone applying for community housing only needs to complete one application. Our application form is broken down by: 

  • Community
  • Designation (Families, Singles, Seniors)
  • Housing Provider (CDSB, Co-Op, Non-Profit) 
  • Address 
  • Building Type (Apartment, Walk-Up, Duplex, Townhouse, etc.)
  • Units and amenities available

     

All applicants are required to provide:

  • Proof of Income
  • Complete family composition confirmation, requiring one piece of ID to verify permanent Canadian Citizenship
  • Property ownership and legal documents pertaining to current ownership or transfer/sale of a property (if within the last three (3) years
  • Verification of homeless status or urgent medical status (i.e., notice to vacate from a current landlord due to “no fault”, medical report or document regarding urgent medical program deemed life-threatening)
  • Special needs housing requirements (i.e. wheelchair) documentation from a primary care provider or support care worker
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Submitting your Completed Housing Application

Submitting your Completed Housing Application
Completed applications can by submitted by:

Mail: Cochrane District Services Board
C/O Housing Services
500 Algonquin Blvd. E.
 Timmins, ON, P4N 1B7

Fax: 1-705-268-8302

Email: housing@cdsb.care

In-Person Dropping off your application at your nearest Cochrane District Services Board Office in Timmins, Iroquois Falls or Kapuskasing.

Questions?

Please contact our Housing Intake staff if you have any questions or need help filling out your application. They can be contacted at:

705-268-7722 Ext. 217
Toll Free: 1-877-259-7722

705-232-4095
Toll Free: 1-800-461-2009

705-335-6179
Toll Free: 1-800-667-2143

Applying for Urgent Status 

Applications for housing can be assigned an urgent status for the following situations:

  • Survivors of Domestic Violence
  • Urgent Medical Status
  • Homeless Status
     

If you’re not sure if you qualify for urgent status, please contact our Housing Intake staff at:

705-268-7722 Ext. 217
Toll Free: 1-877-259-7722

705-232-4095
Toll Free: 1-800-461-2009

705-335-6179
Toll Free: 1-800-667-2143

Housing Wait List

Tenant selection is based on someone’s position on the housing wait list. While the CDSB works to move people into housing as quickly as possible, there are several things that impact the housing wait list, including:

  • Availability of housing units in the community;
  • Type of housing being applied for;
  • Vacancy rates;
  • Rent-Geared-to-Income or Market Rent applications;
  • Priority Applications
     

The CDSB will make an offer of housing when a unit is vacant and available.