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Housing Income Limits and Median Market Rent

Housing Income Limits

The Housing Income Limit (HIL) is the total gross income from all persons residing in a dwelling. Total gross income is defined as being the total, before tax, income from all sources, for all persons in a household who are 15 years of age and over.

National Occupancy Standards

The HIL is established by the federal government based on market surveys and the application of the National Occupancy Standards (NOS) which state that:

  • not less than 1 and not more than 2 persons may occupy a single bedroom;
  • parents and children may not use the same bedroom;
  • single persons 18 and over are to have a separate bedroom; and
  • children 5 and over do not share a bedroom with another of the opposite gender.

Based on the above, you can determine the number of bedrooms your household requires according to the NOS and use the following table to determine your HIL:

Manitoba 2009 Housing Income Limits

 

1 Bedroom

2 Bedroom

3 Bedroom

4 or more Bedrooms

City of Winnipeg and catchment area (see list of communities below):

$24,500

$32,500

$42,000

$48,500

Urban/rural market areas (see list of communities below):

$22,000

$27,000

$32,500

$38,500

Non-market areas (other geographic areas not listed below, for example, Churchill, Gillam, Snow Lake, etc.):

$55,500

$63,000

$69,000

$76,000

Communities in the Winnipeg catchment area:

Anola Argyle Balmoral
Birds Hill Blumenort (Hanover) Brunkild
Cooks Creek Dacotah Domain
Dufresne Dugald Elie
Garson Glenlea Grande Pointe
Grosse Isle Hazelglen Hazelridge
Ile Des Chenes La Salle Landmark
Lockport Lorette Meadows
New Bothwell Niverville Oak Bluff
Oakbank Osborne Otterburne
Randolph Rosser St. Adolphe
St. Francois Zavier Ste. Agathe Sanford
Springstein Starbuck Stonewall
Stony Mountain Tyndall Warren

Communities in Urban/Rural Market areas:

Brandon and catchment, including:

Alexander Beresford Brookdale
Carroll Chater Douglas
Forest Station Justice Kemnay
Moore Park Nesbitt Rapid City
Rivers Routhwaite Shilo
Sprucewoods Treesbank Wawanesa

Portage la Prairie and catchment, including:

Bagot Delta Beach Fortier
High Bluff Macdonald MacGregor
Newton Oakland Oakville
Poplar Point Rossendale St. Claude
St. Eustache Westbourne  

Selkirk and catchment, including:

Brokenhead Clandeboye Cromwell
East Selkirk Ladywood Libau
Matlock Netley Petersfield
Ponemah Whytewol  

Thompson and catchment, including:

Flin Flon The Pas  

Other urban/rural market areas, including: add

Altona Arborg Beausejour
Carman Dauphin Gimli
Killarney Minnedosa Morden
Morris Neepawa Pinawa
Steinbach Swan River Winkler
Virden    

Median Market Rent (MMR)

The Median Market Rent (MMR) is the maximum monthly rent a landlord can charge a tenant household under Affordable Housing and other complementary programs. The monthly rental charge must be inclusive of essential services (heat, hydro, and water).

The MMR is published by the federal government and is related to the geographic area, the HIL, and the number of bedrooms required according to the NOS.

Note: MMRs do not apply to Manitoba Housing tenants.

MMRs for the Province of Manitoba are as follows:

Median Market Rent

Regions

1 Bedroom

2 Bedroom

3 Bedroom

4 or more Bedrooms

City of Winnipeg and catchment areas (see list of communities above):

$588

$788

$988

$1,163

Urban/rural market areas (see list of communities above):

$525

$650

$775

$925

Non-market areas (other geographic areas not listed above, for example, Churchill, Gillam, Snow Lake, etc.):

$1,338

$1,513

$1,663

$1,825

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