Objectives. We conducted a systematic review of the health impacts of housing
improvement. Methods. Forty-two bibliographic databases were searched for housing …

Poor housing is associated with poor health. This suggests that improving housing
conditions might lead to improved health for residents. This review searched widely for …

Background The well established links between poor housing and poor health indicate that
housing improvement may be an important mechanism through which public investment can …

Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has been widely recommended for future
social policies and investment, such as housing improvement. However, concerns have …

Objective: To review the evidence on the effects of interventions to improve housing on
health. Design: Systematic review of experimental and non-experimental housing …

Objective: To assess the short term health effects of improving housing. Design:
Randomised to waiting list. Setting: 119 council owned houses in south Devon, UK …

The assumption that improving housing conditions can lead to improved health may seem a
self-evident hypothesis. Yet evidence from intervention studies suggests small or unclear …

The links between housing and health are now known to be strong and multifaceted and to
generally span across 4 key pillars: stability, affordability, quality and safety, and …

Subject matter experts systematically reviewed evidence on the effectiveness of specific
housing interventions in improving health. The panelists reviewed housing interventions …

There is an abundance of evidence supporting a cross-sectional association between poor
housing and poor health, but relatively few studies have examined the relationship between …