Upon review of your Homestead Property Tax Credit, it was determined the address from which you filed is service fee housing. Your return was filed using 23% of your total rent to calculate your property tax credit. Regardless of the amount of rent paid, the Income Tax Act provides that a renter living in service fee housing must calculate the property tax credit using only 10% of rent paid.
Service fee housing is an agreement between a municipality and a rental property owner (private or public) to pay a service fee instead of property taxes.
If 10% of your eligible rent does not exceed 3.2% of your total household resources, you do not qualify for a Homestead Property Tax Credit.
It is the renter's responsibility to determine if the rental property is service fee housing before claiming a credit. Service fees are typically less than property taxes. You can find out if a property is subject to service fee housing by contacting your city/township/county office.