Living with a roommate
OW or ODSP will ask you to fill out a questionnaire if:
- you have been living with someone who is not a close family member for at least 3 months, and
- you say that the person is not your spouse.
Based on your answers, they decide if you are spouses. They could decide you are spouses even if one of you is married to or separated from someone else.
If you do not give them the information they ask for, you will not get social assistance.
And, if someone moves in with you when you are on social assistance, you must tell OW or ODSP right away.
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