RentSafe
RentSafe has compiled helpful resources for landlords and housing providers in Ontario who work with tenants with hoarding difficulties, including tips to support tenants who hoard, health and safety guidelines, referral information and legal considerations.
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RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative launches tenant survey on rental housing conditions.
The Owen Sound survey results, taken together with results from a similar survey of Owen Sound landlords conducted last fall, will inform community dialogue on issues and solutions towards safe and healthy homes for all.
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Housing Issues? We’re Here to Help
RentSafe in Owen Sound Video
This 11-minute video, co-created by local organizations involved in RentSafe in Owen Sound, is an example of a creative way to help tenants and others learn about local services that can support the right to a healthy home.
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We Are All Neighbours
Final Report of the RentSafe Research on Equity-focused Intersectoral Practice (EquIP) for Housing and Health Equity in Owen Sound, Ontario
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Towards healthy homes for all: What the RentSafe findings mean for public health in Canada
Housing is considered to be a core social determinant of health (SDH) and intersects with a number of other SDH — including food insecurity and inadequate income — to create population health inequities.
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Welcome to RentSafe
CPCHE is leading an ambitious initiative to address unhealthy housing conditions affecting tenants living on low income in both urban and rural communities in Ontario.
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RentSafe Tenants’ Rights Advocates Network releases three videos
In November 2017, RentSafe tenant advocates from three rural communities in Ontario came together to discuss shared concerns about housing conditions and what is needed to ensure healthy homes for all.
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RentSafe report highlights key findings from research with multiple sectors and sets forth recommendations for action
This report summarizes the findings of RentSafe baseline research over the past three years and offers recommendations for action to improve intersectoral action and capacity to ensure healthy housing conditions for all people of Ontario.
Latest News
Lunch and Learn Webinar: Understanding Hoarding in Rental Housing
RentSafe partners and Landlord’s Self-Help Centre are pleased to present a webinar to increase awareness of hoarding and offer helpful ways to work with tenants with hoarding difficulties. Please enjoy the replay… November 30, 2022 – 12:00 pm to 2:00…
RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative launches tenant survey on rental housing conditions.
The Owen Sound survey results, taken together with results from a similar survey of Owen Sound landlords conducted last fall, will inform community dialogue on issues and solutions towards safe and healthy homes for all.
RentSafe Advocates Network
In November 2017, RentSafe tenant advocates from three rural communities in Ontario came together to discuss shared concerns about housing conditions and what is needed to ensure healthy homes for all. “Stigma in the System” is one of three videos in which they share their experiences and perspectives.
Blogs & Podcasts
Podcast – Mould in Rental Housing: Health Effects and Intersectoral Approaches Listen to posdcast: RentSafe team members contributed to this training podcast for physicians. The podcast is part of the Enviro-Occ for Family Docs podcast series led by Dr. Marg…
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