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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (OASH) published a study recommending tenant-based housing voucher programs to improve health and health-related outcomes for adults.
Lack of affordable housing can lead to various adverse health outcomes, including increased stress, environmental exposure, and decreased healthcare access. In contrast, affordable housing can positively impact health, including improved mental health, reduced chronic disease rates, and lowered healthcare costs.
In this article, HUD provides information about housing stability’s impact on mental health.
This article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine analyzes the connection between housing instability and food insecurity with poor health outcomes.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released an article discussing how affordable housing impacts residents’ health outcomes and healthcare costs. The article mentions how the healthcare system is vital in connecting patients to housing. However, housing programs still need to…