New Toolkit on the Connection Between Health and Housing

Announcement

New Toolkit on the Connection Between Health and Housing

A new Alliance toolkit, “The Connection between Health and Housing: The Evidence and Policy Landscape,” provides a detailed look into federal, state and local initiatives, as well as cost implications for health and housing programs.

Attempts to tie health and housing policy are gaining momentum, amid evidence that housing, a social determinant of health, is an important factor in the health status of various populations. More than 610,000 people experience homelessness in the U.S., and over 250,000 individuals within that population have a severe mental illness or a chronic substance use disorder, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The toolkit includes:

• Background on the connection between health and housing
• An overview and discussion of cost and policy issues
• Summaries of, and links to, key reports and news articles
• Contact information for leading experts

***ACCESS TOOLKIT HERE***

The Alliance for Health Reform is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit health policy education group. We are committed to helping journalists, elected officials and other shapers of public opinion understand the roots of the nation’s health care problems and the trade-offs posed by various proposals for change. Our aim is quality, affordable health coverage for all in the U.S., although we do not lobby or take positions on legislation. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) are honorary co-chairmen; and Robert Graham, MD, of George Washington University, is our board chairman.