Thomas S. can confirm for me, but I believe that you can't enforce any payment order (by LTB or even small claims) against a person who is on any form of government assistance (welfare, disability, refugee...)If there is  more than one name on the lease and at least one of them has a job, then you are good to go.

There're other minority groups that need housing as well other than sec8, namely hardworking undocumented immigrant (no SSN) and refugee housing(just arrived from Turkey a few days ago).

My parents came to America as refugees escaping with Vietnam War with nothing but the cloth on their backs.

We left CA as political refugees in 2007, headed out to Phoenix.I now see CA license plates at almost every stoplight when i go out.  

Social housing may pay the landlord directly or may pay the allowance to the tenant (I'm unclear on what criteria determines which behaviour ... but will find out soon as we have offered units for Syrian refugees).

She was stunned to find out that it doesn't go on until Oct 1st.The next was the newly arrived refugee couple complaining about the smell of marijuana permeating into their unit. 

I'm a refugee from Cambodian jungle and came to America about 30 years ago with 0 in my pocket.