Deadline extended! Survey closes November 10th.

• Do you live in rental housing in Owen Sound? Click here to participate: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/RentSafe_TenantSurvey
• Interested in learning more? View the RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey poster and media release:

Poster: RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey Poster

Media Release: RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey Media Release

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RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative

As the RentSafe EquIP research project came to a close, some 25 community members who were involved in the research formed the RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative to continue the work that had been started. The Collaborative includes people from multiple sectors and perspectives, including housing providers, leadership and staff from health and social services, Indigenous and non-profit organizations, emergency services, tenants, and community leaders. See list of Collaborative Members.

Rental Housing Surveys

The RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative is conducting surveys with landlords/property managers and tenants about their views and experiences regarding rental housing in Owen Sound. Taken together, the surveys will provide a better understanding of rental housing conditions and the types of issues that housing providers and tenants are facing. The surveys are intended to inform community dialogue on issues and potential solutions. Both surveys are being conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Ottawa.

RentSafe Owen Sound Survey of Landlords and Property Managers: This brief online survey, conducted in Fall 2021, invited input from all landlords and property managers owning or managing rental housing in the City of Owen Sound. To learn more:

• Fact Sheet: About the RentSafe Owen Sound Survey of Landlords and Property Managers

• Media Release: RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative Launches Survey of Landlords and Property Managers on Rental Housing Conditions

RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey: The tenant survey, available online and in paper format at multiple locations throughout Owen Sound. Deadline extended! Survey closes November 10th. The survey is open to all residents of Owen Sound who live in rental housing, including private market, non-profit and social housing. To learn more:

• Poster: RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey Poster
• Media Release: Media Release RentSafe Owen Sound Tenant Survey

RentSafe EquIP

From 2016-2019, the RentSafe EquIP research project in Owen Sound, aimed to catalyze and support meaningful interaction among people from diverse sectors to (1) better understand the causes and consequences of housing inadequacy as seen from multiple viewpoints, and (2) foster new ways of conceiving of issues and finding new ways of working together toward potential solutions. RentSafe EquIP (Equity-focused Intersectoral Practice) was participatory action research, which means that university and community-based researchers were working together to support positive change in the community.

Final report: We Are All Neighbours

Video: Housing Issues? We’re here to help

RentSafe Owen Sound Roundtable: Meeting Summary

Lessons from a rural housing crisis

Towards equity-focused intersectoral practice (EquIP) in children’s environmental health and housing: the transformational story of RentSafe

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