Housing Income Limits and Median Market Rent

Housing Income Limits

• National Occupancy Standards
• Communities in the Winnipeg catchment area
• Communities in Urban/Rural Market areas
• Median Market Rent (MMR)

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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