Housing Opportunity 2014 - Maximizing Housing Opportunities with Health Impact Assessments, Rebecca...

Urban Land Institute • Housing Opportunity 2014 ConferenceMay 14-16, 2014 • Denver, Colorado

Housing and Health:New Opportunities for Dialogue and Action

2Urban Land Institute • Housing Opportunity 2014 Conference

May 14-16, 2014 • Denver, Colorado

NCHH’S ROLEResearch• Support improvements in housing• Increase the integration of health and safety into home

renovations, green building, and low-income housing

Policy • Promote adoption of model policies• Lead a coalition of over 150 organizations

Training• Work with contractors, trades, and important

intermediaries to increase adoption of healthy housing practices



WHERE DO YOU LIVE?WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME?



THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE



ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE



“HOME” AND HEALTH



& GARLENDA

MEET ERMA



Before

After



HOUSING AND HEALTH:

NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR

DIALOGUE AND ACTION



HOW DOES HOUSING AFFECT HEALTH?

Housing Quality Affordability

Physical Neighborhood Characteristics

Social and Community Attributes



HOUSING QUALITY

Impacts:Physiological HealthPsychological HealthSafety

The State of Healthy Housing

~NCHH 2013

The study reveals that 35 million-- 40 percent – of

metropolitan homes in the U.S. have one or more health and

safety hazards.



UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING COSTS



PHYSICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRIBUTES



PHYSICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRIBUTESWARD 8 – WASHINGTON, D.C.

9 public schools within 1,000 feet of an alcohol retailer

High Poverty Rate

High Obesity Rate

“Walk Score” - 45 out of 100

“Food Desert” – 3 full-service grocery stores



SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES

Neighborhood SecuritySocial CohesionResidential Segregationand Concentrated Poverty



SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTESFactors Responsible for Population Health



Health Impact Assessment: The systematic consideration of health in housing and community development decisions.



EARLY OPPORTUNITIES

Past housing-related HIAs have guided decisions focused on:

▪ Housing quality▪ Housing affordability▪ Interaction with neighborhood

(e.g., access to work, transit, food, recreation)

▪ Social interactions (e.g., cultural cohesion without concentrated poverty)

Specific opportunities:▪ Low Income Housing Tax Credit

Allocation Plans▪ Public Housing

Redevelopment/Choice Neighborhoods Decisions

▪ Rental Assistance/Choice Voucher Programs

▪ Code Inspection Programs▪ Sustainable Communities Plans



For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind.

~ Jim Rouse



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Rebecca MorleyNATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHY [email protected]

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