Commercial Districts Housing Opportunities Loan Pre-Application

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Important Program Information

Where a site contains existing, occupied residential rental units at the time an application under this program is submitted to the City, please be advised that notification will be provided, by the City, to the occupied units that an application has been made under this program. Where an application is subsequently approved, occupied units will be further notified of the value of any incentive to be provided by the City and the nature of improvements/work that the incentives are intended to facilitate, where applicable.
An approval under this program may be subject to requirements which limit potential Above Guideline Increase requests to the Landlord and Tenant Board for residential rental units occupied at the time an application is submitted to the City. Please see the Program Description for more information.

The information on this form is collected under the legal authorities provided in the Municipal Act, 2001, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Planning Act and will be used to determine grant eligibility.

If you have any questions about the collection of this information, please contact the Commercial Districts and Small Business Section, Economic Development Division at ecdevincentives@hamilton.ca or 905-546-4222.

Once you submit your form, you will be redirected to a new page to sign and confirm the accuracy of your form. After you sign, if applicable, the form will automatically be emailed to the Registered Property Owner for their signature and consent. Once everyone has signed, you will receive a final confirmation email.

Please note: Your application is only considered complete after all signatures have been collected.

A ‘Save and Continue Later’ button is available at the bottom of this form. This button will generate a link and allow you to revisit the form at a later date.

Applicant Information

Name of Applicant(Required)

Individual or Corporation or Partnership

Contact Name(Required)

First Last

Address of Applicant(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City Province Postal Code Country

Primary Phone Number(Required)

Alternate Phone Number

Applicant Email(Required)

Is applicant the registered property owner?(Required)

Yes

Is the applicant acting on behalf of a Corporation or Partnership?(Required)

Yes

Registered Property Owner Information

An email will be sent to the property owner for signature to authorize, and consent to, the use by, and the disclosure to, any person or public body of any information, including personal information that is collected for the purposes of processing this application.

Registered Property Owner Name(Required)

First Last

Registered Property Owner Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City Province Postal Code Country

Registered Property Owner Primary Phone Number(Required)

Registered Property Owner Alternate Phone Number

Registered Property Owner Email(Required)

Applicant Information if a Corporation/Partnership

Name of Corporation or Partnership(Required)

Date of Incorporation(Required)

Month

Day

Year

Date of Business Registration(Required)

Month

Day

Year

Registered Shareholders/Partners(Required)

Name(s)

Are you or any of the Directors/Shareholders/Partners/Owners in litigation with the City of Hamilton?(Required)

Yes

Property Information

Property Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City Province Postal Code Country

No. of Storeys(Required)

No. of Existing Commercial Units(Required)

No. of Existing Residential Units(Required)

Total No. of Existing Units(Required)

No. of New Commercial Units Proposed(Required)

No. of new Res. Units Proposed(Required)

Total New Units Proposed(Required)

Total No. of Commercial Units(Required)

Total No. of Residential Units(Required)

Total No. of Units(Required)

If any of the improvements for which a loan/grant is being sought consist of Renovations to residential units, please answer the following questions.

Has there been or will there be upon completion of the project any residential rental tenant displacement?

Yes

Has the project been approved for financial assistance under a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Federal, Provincial or City program for the purposes of creating residential rental housing to address housing affordability in the city?

Yes

Has the existing building been entirely vacant for at least two years prior to a program pre-application being submitted to the City (not including periods of vacancy due to renovations)?

Yes

Is the registered property owner/program applicant a registered not-for-profit organization?

Yes

Are the interior renovations primarily to support improvements to a commercial space or to improve/replace shared building services utilized by both a commercial space and the rental residential units within the same building (such as plumbing, electrical or Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems) and do not include renovations within individual residential rental units?

Yes

Are the planned renovations solely in response to the landlord/registered property owner being ordered to make repairs under any act or law?

Yes

Which act or law?

Are the renovations intended to support the legalization and/or recognition of an existing residential rental unit, without which, the unit would no longer be permitted to be occupied?

Yes

Current Uses

For each storey of the building (i.e. Below grade; ground floor; second floor etc.) indicate the number of occupied commercial and/or occupied residential units, number of vacant commercial and/or vacant residential units, approximate square meters of commercial units.(Required)

Proposed Development

Will the proposed uses be the same as the current uses?(Required)

Yes

Please indicate for each storey of the building what the proposed uses are, the number of commercial and/or residential units, approximate square meters of commercial units.(Required)

At the time of submission of this application to the City, are there existing and occupied residential rental units on any property that is the subject of this application?(Required)

Yes

Please identify the address and unit numbers of the occupied units in the space below.(Required)

Criminal Offence

Have any applicants been convicted of any criminal offence for which you have not been granted a record suspension or pardon?(Required)

For applicants that are Corporations, this question must be answered for all principals of the Corporation. Please note that if the answer is “yes”, submission of a criminal conviction record check may be required.

Yes

Affidavit or Sworn Declaration

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY APPLY for a loan/grant under the Program and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the Program as specified in this application.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY CERTIFY that the information contained in this application is true, correct and complete in every respect and may be verified by the City of Hamilton by such inquiry as it deems appropriate, including inspection of the property for which this application is being made.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY AGREE GRANT PERMISSION to the City of Hamilton, to carry out the necessary inquiries for the purpose of determining my/our income, assets, liabilities, and credit information, including checking my/our credit report with a Credit Bureau, discussing the terms and conditions of my/our mortgage(s) with the mortgagee(s) (if applicable) and searching for bankruptcies.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY AGREE that the program for which application has been made herein is subject to cancellation and/or change at any time by the City in its sole discretion, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Program Description. Participants in the program whose application has been approved will continue to receive grant payments, subject to their Grant/Loan Agreement.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY AGREE to enter into an Agreement with the City of Hamilton that specifies the terms and conditions of the grant and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY AGREE that all grants/loans will be calculated and awarded in the sole discretion of the City and that notwithstanding any representation by or on behalf of the City, or any statement contained in the program, no right to any grant arises until it has been duly authorized, subject to the applicant meeting the terms and conditions of the Program and Agreement. The City is not responsible for any costs incurred by the Owner/Applicant in any way relating to the program, including, without limitation, costs incurred in anticipation of a grant.

I agree

Certification(Required)

I/WE HEREBY GRANT PERMISSION for the City to utilize site and development photos in public reports and promotional materials.

I agree

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