Authors: RentSafe & Ontario Public Health Association

Published: November 2025

In the winter of 2023–2024, RentSafe and the Ontario Public Health Association conducted a survey of public health units in Ontario to assess the role of public health in addressing unhealthy housing. This report provides a detailed summary of the data collected through the survey. Survey responses are aggregated by question, including significant respondent quotations and paraphrased responses where relevant.

View the report here: Public Health Action on Rental Housing and Health Equity in Ontario

Interested in a snapshot of the survey findings and recommendations? Read our report Toward a safe and healthy place to call home produced in collaboration with the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health and Ontario Public Health Association.