{"id":5173,"date":"2017-06-14T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/?page_id=5173"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:33:11","slug":"housing-transfer-request-denied-explanations-and-suggestions-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/en\/cases-handled\/examples-of-cases-handled\/housing\/housing-transfer-request-denied-explanations-and-suggestions-2016","title":{"rendered":"Housing transfer request denied \u2013 Explanations and suggestions (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 <\/strong><strong>d\u2019habitation et de d\u00e9veloppement de\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Montr\u00e9al (SHDM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SHDM denies a citizen\u2019s request for housing transfer and she does not understand why. Our verifications confirm that since 2013, the SHDM no longer authorizes housing transfers upon request, except in specific circumstances\u00a0that are not applicable in this case: managing \u00a0the\u00a0great number of requests would generate multiple and significant management and cost constraints. These explanations seem reasonable to us.<\/p>\n<p>However, the SHDM\u2019s written policy had not been updated to reflect these changes: the SHDM committed to do so in\u00a02017.<\/p>\n<p>We explain to the tenant why her request was denied. We further inform her that she has the right to rent another SHDM unit and terminate her current lease, insofar as she complies with the usual applicable rules. The citizen is satisfied with this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019habitation et de d\u00e9veloppement de\u00a0Montr\u00e9al (SHDM) The SHDM denies a citizen\u2019s request for housing transfer and she does not understand why. 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