Housing Assistance Programs and Adult Health in the United States
Research
Jul 18, 2018
We examined whether receiving housing assistance is associated with improved health and well-being using a nationally representative sample of the US population.
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Jul 18, 2018
We examined whether receiving housing assistance is associated with improved health and well-being using a nationally representative sample of the US population. Specifically, we examined whether entry into housing assistance was associated with better reported health or reduced psychological distress relative to awaiting admission and whether there were differential effects associated with the 3 primary program categories: public housing, housing choice vouchers, and multifamily housing. Furthermore, we explored whether the health effects of housing assistance are mediated by neighborhood characteristics.
Topics: Health, Housing, Low-income, Mental health, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 18, 2018
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Community:
Jul 17, 2018
Medicaid is the nation’s public health insurance program for people with low income. The Medicaid program covers more than 70 million Americans, or 1 in 5, including many with complex and costly needs for care. The vast majority of Medicaid enrollees lack access to other affordable health insurance. Medicaid covers a broad array of health services and limits enrollee out-of-pocket costs. The program is also the principal source of long-term care coverage for Americans. As the nation’s single largest insurer, Medicaid provides significant financing for hospitals, community health centers, physicians, and nursing homes, and jobs in the health care sector. The Medicaid program finances over 16% of all personal health care spending in the U.S.
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Funding, Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 17, 2018
Medicaid Pocket Primer
Policy Brief
Jul 17, 2018
Medicaid is the nation’s public health insurance program for people with low income. The Medicaid program covers more than 70 million Americans, or 1 in 5, including many with complex and costly needs for care.
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Community:
Jul 17, 2018
This study uses a cost benefit analysis to estimate the potential net impacts of proposed reductions by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in federal funding of capital investment in public housing authorities (PHAs). It examines the extent to which reductions in capital investment in PHAs impose costs on governments at all levels, as well as local communities, businesses, PHA residents, and society as a whole. The report narrates and estimates the incidence, distribution, and scale of these impacts and compares them against the total amount cut from annual Capital Fund Program Grants, which fund maintenance and modernization of public housing properties. The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) partnered with Econsult Corporation in this effort to inform current discussions regarding future funding cuts by HUD to PHAs for capital expenditures, by identifying potential negative impacts resulting from these cuts, and attempting to quantify those impacts and compare them against the cut amounts.
Topics: Cost effectiveness, Funding, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 17, 2018
The Cost of Cuts: The Impact of Reductions in Capital Investments to Public Housing Authorities
Research
Jul 17, 2018
This study uses a cost benefit analysis to estimate the potential net impacts of proposed reductions by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in federal funding of capital investment in public housing authorities (PHAs). It examines the extent to which reductions in capital inves
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Jul 17, 2018
The Denver Social Impact Bond program is an initiative aimed at measurably improving the lives of people most in need by driving resources towards better, more effective programs. Social Impact Bonds are a unique type of performance-based contract where private and/or philanthropic lenders loan funds to accomplish a specific objective and are repaid based on whether the program achieves its goals. Denver’s Social Impact Bond program will use funds from lenders to provide housing and supportive case management services to at least 250 homeless individuals who frequently use the city’s emergency services, including police, jail, the courts and emergency rooms.
Topics: Community development, Cost effectiveness, Criminal justice, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Mental health, Partnerships, Stability, Substance abuse, West Coast
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 17, 2018
Fact Sheet: Denver Social Impact Bond program to address homelessness
Policy Brief
Jul 17, 2018
The Denver Social Impact Bond program is an initiative aimed at measurably improving the lives of people most in need by driving resources towards better, more effective programs.
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Community:
Jul 13, 2018
Hospitals Building Healthier Communities aims to provide a resource for hospitals considering adopting or further integrating community engagement and economic development into their daily operations and their core mission.
Topics: Community development, Data sharing, Health, Housing, Low-income, Partnerships, Place-based, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 13, 2018
Hospitals Building Healthier Communities: Embracing the Anchor Mission
Research
Jul 13, 2018
Hospitals Building Healthier Communities aims to provide a resource for hospitals considering adopting or further integrating community engagement and economic development into their daily operations and their core mission.
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Jul 13, 2018
A Toolkit for State Agencies
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 13, 2018
Coordinating Human Services Programs with Health Reform Implementation
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
A Toolkit for State Agencies
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Jul 13, 2018
This report is intended to help public health advocates and policymakers formulate input into the QAP process, with the objective of developing healthier homes. We describe the rationale for including a wide range of public health-related criteria in QAPs, identify and describe QAP criteria that can have a positive impact on public health, and suggest how public health advocates can get involved in revising their state QAPs.
Topics: Exercise, Funding, Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Place-based, Safety, Smoke-free
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 13, 2018
A Primer on Qualified Allocation Plans: Linking Public Health & Affordable Housing
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
This report is intended to help public health advocates and policymakers formulate input into the QAP process, with the objective of developing healthier homes.
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Jul 13, 2018
Practitioners and community advocates working at the intersection of housing and health have a unique role to play, both in guaranteeing quality affordable housing remains available for people of all incomes, and in making sure new investments in neighborhoods contribute to a healthy environment. To support those efforts, this guide includes the following: An overview of how renewed interest in urban centers is affecting housing affordability; A summary of the research linking rising housing costs to poor health outcomes; A set of key recommendations communities should consider as part of an overall approach to preserving, protecting, and enhancing affordable housing; and A library of local housing policies and strategies that communities can use to ensure the availability of affordable housing options, with a particular focus on rental affordability.
Topics: Funding, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, RAD, Safety
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 13, 2018
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: A Policy Toolkit for Public Health
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
Practitioners and community advocates working at the intersection of housing and health have a unique role to play, both in guaranteeing quality affordable housing remains available for people of all incomes, and in making sure new investments in neighborhoods contribute to a healthy environment.
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Jul 13, 2018
The tools and strategies included here provide communities with ideas and inspiration to help them plan for healthy housing for all their residents. They include best practices culled from across the United States as well as new ideas.
Topics: Funding, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Racial inequalities, RAD
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 13, 2018
Preserving, Protecting, and Expanding Affordable Housing: Executive Summary
Policy Brief
Jul 13, 2018
The tools and strategies included here provide communities with ideas and inspiration to help them plan for healthy housing for all their residents. They include best practices culled from across the United States as well as new ideas.
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Community:
Jul 12, 2018
We sought to examine the association between structural, functional, and normative social factors and physical activity among urban, low-income, racially/ethnically diverse adults.
Topics: Exercise, Health, Housing, Low-income, Obesity, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 12, 2018
The Association Between Social Factors and Physical Activity Among Low-Income Adults Living in Public Housing
Research
Jul 12, 2018
We sought to examine the association between structural, functional, and normative social factors and physical activity among urban, low-income, racially/ethnically diverse adults.
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Jul 12, 2018
To construct our taxonomy, we use data from the first National Survey of ACOs, fielded between October of 2012 and May of 2013. The survey sample included (1) ACOs participating in Medicare ACO programs; (2) ACOs participating in state Medicaid ACO programs; and (3) ACOs formed in partnership with commercial payers.
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid / Medicare, Metrics, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 12, 2018
A Taxonomy of Accountable Care Organizations for Policy and Practice
Research
Jul 12, 2018
To construct our taxonomy, we use data from the first National Survey of ACOs, fielded between October of 2012 and May of 2013.
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Community:
Jul 11, 2018
Studies show that those residing in households subsidized with federal housing vouchers exhibit fewer mental health problems than residents of public housing. The role of housing conditions and neighborhood quality in this relationship is unclear. This study investigated the relationship between rental assistance, housing and neighborhood conditions, and the risk of depressive symptomology and hostile affect among low-income Latino adults living in the Bronx, NY
Topics: Depression, East Coast, Health, Housing, Low-income, Mental health, Obesity, Racial inequalities, Research, Stability
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 11, 2018
Depressive Symptomology and Hostile Affect among Latinos Using Housing Rental Assistance: the AHOME Study
Research
Jul 11, 2018
Studies show that those residing in households subsidized with federal housing vouchers exhibit fewer mental health problems than residents of public housing. The role of housing conditions and neighborhood quality in this relationship is unclear.
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Jul 11, 2018
A Research Review and Comment on Future Directions for Integrating Housing and Health Services
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Cost effectiveness, Data sharing, Exercise, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Mental health, Metrics, Nutrition, Obesity, Partnerships, Preventative care, Research, Supportive housing
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 11, 2018
How Investing in Housing Can Save on Healthcare
Research
Jul 11, 2018
A Research Review and Comment on Future Directions for Integrating Housing and Health Services
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Jul 10, 2018
This brief explores how state Medicaid agencies have utilized a variety of federal authorities and delivery systems to increase access to supportive housing services and highlights important implementation considerations.
Topics: Cost effectiveness, Criminal justice, Data sharing, Funding, Health, Healthy homes, Homelessness, Housing, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Mental health, Partnerships, Substance abuse, Supportive housing
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 10, 2018
Strategies to Strengthen Health and Housing Partnerships Through Medicaid to Improve Health Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
Policy Brief
Jul 10, 2018
This brief explores how state Medicaid agencies have utilized a variety of federal authorities and delivery systems to increase access to supportive housing services and highlights important implementation considerations.
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Jul 10, 2018
Under Medicaid, states are required to cover mandatory benefits and may choose to cover optional benefits. In general, benefits must be equivalent in amount, duration, and scope for all enrollees (known as the comparability rule); benefits must be the same throughout the state (the statewideness rule); and enrollees must have freedom of choice among health care providers or managed care plans participating in Medicaid.
Topics: Health, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 10, 2018
Mandatory and Optional Medicaid Benefits
Policy Brief
Jul 10, 2018
Under Medicaid, states are required to cover mandatory benefits and may choose to cover optional benefits.
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Jul 10, 2018
This brief provides an overview of current federal standards and state options in Medicaid to help inform upcoming debates about increasing state flexibility in the program as part of efforts to restructure Medicaid financing.
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Cost effectiveness, Funding, Health, Legislation & Policy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 10, 2018
Current Flexibility in Medicaid: An Overview of Federal Standards and State Options
Policy Brief
Jul 10, 2018
This brief provides an overview of current federal standards and state options in Medicaid to help inform upcoming debates about increasing state flexibility in the program as part of efforts to restructure Medicaid financing.
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Jul 10, 2018
Children’s HealthWatch's brief "asks two straightforward questions: If health starts at home, what are the healthcare and educational costs of unstable housing? Which policy solutions could create stable homes for healthier families?"
Topics: Asthma, Child welfare, Dental, Early childhood, Education, Foster care, Grade-level proficiency, Health, Healthy homes, Housing, Lead, Literacy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Obesity, Partnerships, Pre-natal, Preventative care, Racial inequalities, School-readiness, Stability, Vision, Youth
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Jul 10, 2018
Stable Homes Make Healthy Families
Policy Brief
Jul 10, 2018
Children’s HealthWatch's brief "asks two straightforward questions: If health starts at home, what are the healthcare and educational costs of unstable housing? Which policy solutions could create stable homes for healthier families?"
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Jan 18, 2018
A new study suggests that America’s great nutritional divide goes deeper than the problem of food access within cities.
Topics: Child welfare, Food insecurity, Health, Low-income, Nutrition, Obesity, Racial inequalities, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 5, 2018
It's Not the Food Deserts: It's the Inequality
Research
Jan 18, 2018
A new study suggests that America’s great nutritional divide goes deeper than the problem of food access within cities.
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Jan 1, 2018
Topics: Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 5, 2018
How Early Implementation Research Can Inform Program Scale-Up Efforts
Research
Jan 1, 2018
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Jan 1, 2018
A Promising Approach to Improving Student Outcomes
Topics: Child welfare, Education, Funding, Mental health, Metrics, Place-based, Research, Youth
Shared by Housing Is
on Jul 5, 2018
Project-Based Learning
Research
Jan 1, 2018
A Promising Approach to Improving Student Outcomes
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Jun 8, 2018
What is the difference between communities that are able to recover from disinvestment and those that cannot? The answer, according to recent research from MDRC, are the presence of strong social networks.
Topics: Disabilities
Shared by Mica O'Brien
on Jun 28, 2018
Strong Social Networks are Key to Turning Around Communities
Research
Jun 8, 2018
What is the difference between communities that are able to recover from disinvestment and those that cannot? The answer, according to recent research from MDRC, are the presence of strong social networks.
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Jun 22, 2017
Alan E. Simon, Andrew Fenelon, Veronica Helms, Patricia C. Lloyd and Lauren M. Rossen, Health Affairs, 36, NO. 6 (June 2017): 1016–1023
Topics: Health, Medicaid / Medicare
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Jun 22, 2017
HUD Housing Assistance Associated With Lower Uninsurance Rates And Unmet Medical Need
Abstract: "To investigate whether receiving US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance is associated with improved access to health care, we analyzed data on nondisabled adults ages 18–64 who responded to the 2004–12 National Health Interview Survey that were linked with administrative data from HUD for the period 2002–14.
Research
Jun 22, 2017
Alan E. Simon, Andrew Fenelon, Veronica Helms, Patricia C. Lloyd and Lauren M. Rossen, Health Affairs, 36, NO. 6 (June 2017): 1016–1023
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Jun 22, 2017
Unprecedented descriptive analysis linking HUD administrative data and results from the National Health Interview Survey (pre-Affordable Care Act)
Topics: Affordable Care Act, Cost effectiveness, Dental, Depression, Exercise, Health, Healthy homes, Housing, Medicaid / Medicare, Mental health, Nutrition, Obesity, Research, Seniors, Smoke-free, Substance abuse
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Jun 22, 2017
A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Adults, 2006–2012
From the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Research
Jun 22, 2017
Unprecedented descriptive analysis linking HUD administrative data and results from the National Health Interview Survey (pre-Affordable Care Act)
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May 24, 2017
CSH reviewed more than 32 studies of supportive housing and compiled information about outcomes (housing, healthcare, and more). These reviews should be helpful for anyone looking to quantify particular impacts of housing. Please note that this review was not undertaken in an academic or systematic way; we make no claims about the strength of these evaluations or their findings.
Topics: Health, Healthy homes, Homelessness, Housing, Supportive housing
Shared by Steve Lucas
on Jun 8, 2017
CSH Literature Review of Supportive Housing, By Study
Research
May 24, 2017
CSH reviewed more than 32 studies of supportive housing and compiled information about outcomes (housing, healthcare, and more). These reviews should be helpful for anyone looking to quantify particular impacts of housing.
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May 3, 2017
This article explores racial disparities between assisted housing outcomes of black and white and white households with children. We compare the assisted housing occupied by black and white households with children, and examine whether young adult education, employment, and earnings outcomes in 2011 differ between blacks and whites who spent part of their childhood in assisted housing in the 2000s. We use a special version of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) that has been address-matched to federally assisted housing, and the PSID’s Transition to Adulthood supplement, along with geocode-matched data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), CoreLogic real estate data, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Statistical methods include difference in means, logit and general linear models. We find no evidence of racial disparities in the type of assisted housing program, the physical quality of project-based developments, or the management of public housing developments in the 2000 decade. But black households with children are more likely to live in assisted housing that is located in poorer quality neighborhoods. Multivariate tests reveal that the worse outcomes of black young adults compared with whites disappear once socioeconomic differences are taken into account. The discrepancy in assisted housing neighborhood quality experienced by black and white children makes no additional contribution to predicting young adult outcomes. Nonetheless, black children living in relatively better assisted housing neighborhoods tend to have better outcomes in young adulthood than those who live in poorer quality assisted housing neighborhoods. We discuss sources of racial disparity in neighborhood quality, and the policies enacted and proposed to address it.
Topics: Housing, Low-income, Racial inequalities, Research
Shared by Housing Is
on Jun 8, 2017
Race and Assisted Housing
Research
May 3, 2017
This article explores racial disparities between assisted housing outcomes of black and white and white households with children.