YES YOU HAVE TO CLAIM RENT IF YOU ARE ON ODSP YOU DO NOT GET A ONE LUMP SUM PAYMENT AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST BUT IT WILL BE PAID MONTHLY STARTING JULY 2012 IT IS CALLED THE TRILLIUM BENEFIT BUT YOU HAVE TO FILE YOU TAXES JUST THE SAME AS IN PAST YEARS CLAIMING YOUR RENT JUST IN OTHER YEARS THE GOVERMENT FIGURES GIVING US A LITTLE EVERY MONTH WILL US MORE THAN GIVING IT ALL AT ONCE I SAY BS PEOPLE USED TO USE THIS YEARLY CHECK FOR SOMETHING BIG LIKE BEDS FOR R KIDS PAY FOR ACTIVES FOR FOR KIDS ALL THIS MONTHLY CHECK IS GOING TO DO BUY AN EXTRA LOAF OF BREAD

I agree with the above statement. I am a senior, not on ODSP but in the same category, as I receive Pensions from the Government. I pay $960.00 Income Tax each year, but my Tax Refund this year is only $450.00. This is $750.00 less than it was last year. I depend on my Tax Refund, to buy any extra items that I could not afford all year. I hope that when the Trillium Benefit kicks in, in July, 2012, I will receive some of the $6,700.00 Rent that I paid in 2011. Will just have to wait and see, as it did not help me out on my Income Tax 2011 Return. Also, if this Trillium Benefit is not until July 2012, what about the months between Jan. and June ? Will this Trillium Benefit be retroactive where my Rent is concerned. ?? Just curious ?? E. Sinnott