Health and Housing on Long Island
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The Intersection of Housing and Health: A Suburban Story
Martine Hackett, Ph.D., MPHDept. of Health Professions, Hofstra UniversityJune 8, 2015
How does housing intersect with health in the suburbs?
Policy
Community
Home
• Supply of affordable housing
• Residential segregation
• Foreclosures• Neighborhood
SES• Availability of
resources• Crowding• Hazards: lead,
mold, pests• Stress on
parents and children
“They [the delis] all serve the
same thing, they don’t
serve anything fresh, like
vegetables and fruit.”
Roosevelt Photovoice, 2012
Public Reactions to Affordable Housing in Garden City
“This is not a color issue…it has to do with a false sense of entitlement. The gall of a group of people to think they belong in a neighborhood they cannot afford and then expect the government to pay for the housing and pay for the rent for this housing is vomit.”
Broad approaches (and personal stories) needed to address challenges of improving health through housing on Long Island
“These are new stores with apartments above them. This improves the block overall and it is always clean.”
New Cassel Revitalization Photovoice project, 2013