New Zealand Study Puts Bittersweet Boots To ‘No Place Like Home’
Here's a stunning conclusion from a New Zealand study of occupant satisfaction in major styles of housing. Public Housing tops the occupant satisfaction scale.
Now surely there must be some...
Is Health Affected By Rises In House Prices?
How do rising housing prices affect our health? It is a question that intrigued a group of five researchers in public health and economics at Simon Fraser University and...
In-School Learning Needs To Be Chewed Over. Who Knew?
COVID has produced unexpected poverty in a number of countries. It has lead to hunger, as well as to programs to mitigate it in families with school-age children.
Free school...
In Welsh Social Housing, Feeling Low? A Few Lucky Folks Can Grow To Glow!
In the gloom-occluded world of social housing in the United Kingdom, there are occasional tiny flashes of sunlight. Literally.
But first, let's get the bad news out of the way.
UK...
Food And Housing Costs Stress Household Budgets – Something Has To Give
This is a post about food. It is a basic necessity, but frequently sacrificed in the face of paying for housing. Welfare cuts in 1995 drew attention to a...
U.K. Human Rights??? Ten-A-Penny Warrants Authorize Thousands Of Home Invasions
What would a massive, countrywide betrayal of a Human Right To Housing look like?
In America, such a betrayal might well trigger court cases which, backed by the U.S. Constitution,...
Reparations In Evanston, Illinois Start With Housing
For 50 years, from 1919 to 1969, Evanston, Illinois turned its back on its Black residents. It withheld opportunities that were offered white residents. Today, residents living in the...
Phoenix Bike Share: Green And Healthy, Sure. But A Public Service?
Trapped in the public housing heart of a low income community on the wrong side of the tracks? With a little help from the community at large, why not...
Prepare For the Silver Tsunami, Coming Soon, Now Arrived
In those sleepy days before the dire threat of a COVID pandemic sharpened everybody's attention, the "silver tusnami" was a coming distraction more than a call to action. Did...
Using Data And Partnerships To Add Housing And Improve Health
From the United States comes an announcement about using data to drive health care planning at a local level. The data holder, UnitedHealthcare, will work with housing authorities and...
Health Sector As Housing Advocate?
The health care industry in the United States is adding its voice to those calling for affordable and safe housing. Why this is happening?
Health care organizations have been investing...
UK Footballer Takes On Child Starvation: Could Affordable Housing Be Next?
The United Kingdom is providing its citizens with an object lesson about the power of populist advocacy compared to traditional party politics much practiced in fudging any crisis towards...
The Consequences Of Stepping Off The Road To Health Equity
Sir Michael Marmot doesn't mince words. As head of the Institute of Health Equity, he is critical of the United Kingdom government's COVID 19 response. His objections are based...
Boston Supports Affordable Housing Access By Supporting Affordable Food
The necessities of life come in silos. A buyer of accommodation cannot expect to find a juicy bargain in the auto parts market. Even the poorest must compete for...
Bad Housing = Bad Health
i, an on line journal based in the England, has just published an opinion piece that takes aim at health issues in the private rental housing sector in the...
Connecting The Housing And Health Dots
Health researchers Diana Hernandez and Carolyn Swope from Columbia University have recently published two important articles that connect housing with health.
We have much more access to information about health...
Teaming Up To Make Housing Affordable Through Health Investments
Health insurers in the United States are investing to reduce direct health care costs, which affect their bottom line and profit levels. Some of those investments help make housing...
Mountain View, CA: Hardship Posting For Teachers Plays ‘Company Town’
What does the school district of Mountain View in the San Francisco Bay area share with a school district in Kitimat, British Columbia?
As far as their most important employees...
Housing Affordability And Health: Is There A Connection?
Does housing affordability affect health? This issue is not often explored in the media, but it's a different story in the academic literature. Health researchers surveyed over 10,000 households...
Why Americans Can’t Afford Housing: An Explanation From So Far In Left Field It May Be Right After All
There have been a number of recent stories in the press that have attempted, for good reason, to explore the 'other' side of the affordable housing crisis.
What other side?...
Affordable Housing Is Part Of The Prescription For Long Life In Finland
Finland is back in the affordablehousingaction.org news.Earlier this year, Finland received attention because homelessness is going down, unlike many other western countries: From Finland, A Way To End Homelessness That...
From Scottish Children To US College students: Unaffordable Housing A Root Cause Of Poverty
Housing advocates applauded the Scottish Government's new Tackling Child Poverty Action Plan, but some were quick to point out that it is necessary to decrease the cost of housing in order...
Americans Swim Up A Torrent Of Healthcare Money Towards An Earlier Death
Research is showing that America's fight for good health is apparently impeded by the amount of money spent on healthcare. Three times more money spent compared to that spent...
Take Two Aspirin And An Affordable Home, Then Call Me In The Morning
Only 10% of people’s health needs are delivered at a medical facility. The recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation: Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting...
