The RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative is an inclusive space for sharing information, promoting understanding and seeking collaborative solutions to the rental housing crisis in Owen Sound. It includes people from a broad array of sectors and perspectives, including landlords, tenants, and people from the following agencies and organizations:
Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force
Bruce County Housing
Centre for Environmental Health Equity
Community Voices
Grey Bruce Health Unit
Grey Bruce Community Legal Clinic
Grey County Housing
M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre – Giiwe project
Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services
Owen Sound Hub
Owen Sound Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corporation
RentSafe (Ontario-wide)
RentSafe EquIP research team (Owen Sound)
United Way Bruce Grey
YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce / Y Housing
To learn more about the RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative and/or the RentSafe Owen Sound surveys, please contact:
- Rosanne Roy, Coordinator, RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative, Rosanne.Roy@ontario.ca
- Jill Umbach, Network Coordinator, Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force, povertytaskforce@unitedwaybg.com
- Greg Nicol, Fire Prevention Officer, Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services, gnicol@owensound.ca
- Andrew Barton, Public Health Manager, Grey Bruce Health Unit, A.Barton@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
- Erica Phipps, Director, RentSafe / Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, ephipps@uottawa.ca