Housing as a social determinant of health : evidence from the Housing through Social Enterprise study

Garnham, Lisa and Rolfe, Steve (2019) Housing as a social determinant of health : evidence from the Housing through Social Enterprise study. Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

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Abstract

Housing is a key driver of public health. Existing evidence clearly demonstrates the ways in which health is damaged by homelessness and by living in poor quality housing. However, the routes from housing to health and wellbeing are wider and more complex than the negative effects of problems with housing. Housing as ‘home’ is not just a physical shelter, but also a foundation for social, psychological and cultural wellbeing. Hence, it is important to understand how houses become homes for the people that live in them and the ways in which housing organisations can affect this process. This report summarises findings from the Housing through Social Enterprise study. The project followed a group of new tenants from three different housing organisations to examine the health and wellbeing impacts of different approaches to housing provision across the social and private rented sectors. We interviewed more than 70 tenants at three points over the first year of their tenancy, to explore how they felt about their housing situation and their local neighbourhood, and to measure changes in their health and wellbeing.

ORCID iDs

Garnham, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-8095 and Rolfe, Steve;
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)