Housing Insecurity - Strategies identifying stakeholders

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Running head: Housing Insecurity: Strategies to identify stakeholders i Housing Insecurity: Strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions & partnerships for influencing public health outcomes Abdul Wali Shahzad Eastern Washington University Presented to the Master of Public Health Program Of Eastern Washington University In fulfillment of the requirements for the course PUBH 565-A50: Health Equity and Advocacy Dr. Brandon Eggleston March 25, 2023

Housing insecurity: Strategies to identify stakeholders ii Contents Background………...……………………………………………………...………………………1 Problem Statement….…………………………………………………………………………….2 Housing insecurity & systemic racism……………………………………………………………3 Strategies to identify stakeholders…...…….………………………………………………….…..5 Conclusion…… ..... ………………………………………….………..…………………………...6 References …………………………………………………………………………..…………….7

Housing insecurity: Strategies to identify stakeholders 1 Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks. The type of housing and neighborhoods is one of the important aspects of social determinants of health. The houses and neighborhoods people live in have a major impact on their health and well-being. Many people in the United States live in houses with which are unsafe and neighborhoods with high rates of violence, unsafe air or water, and other health and safety risks. Racial/ethnic minorities and people with low incomes are more likely to live in places with these risks. We can categorize people based on their housing and neighborhoods in five types: 1) People living in safe houses and safe neighborhoods 2) People living in unsafe houses in safe neighborhoods 3) People living in unsafe houses in unsafe neighborhoods 4) People living in safe houses in unsafe neighborhoods 5) People having no houses (living in shelter or unsheltered) Housing insecurity is the lack of security caused by high housing costs relative to income, poor housing quality, unstable neighborhoods, or overcrowding. Right now, we’re seeing an increase in housing insecurity due to high housing costs especially, which is when housing expenses take up more than 30% of a household’s monthly income. Housing insecurity can affect anyone, but disproportionately affect lower income families, as they often have to pay higher proportions of their income on high-cost rent. During the pandemic crisis, lost wages and increased

Housing insecurity: Strategies to identify stakeholders 2 unemployment has made it harder for households to pay rent and bills. This has been compounded by an increase in housing costs and fewer homes and apartments on the market has made it difficult for many to find affordably priced housing. Problem Statement Housing insecurity is a real, persistent, and growing problem with implications for people’s education, health, and well-being. Housing Insecurity, like food insecurity can look like many different things. It can mean living in a home with too many people sharing a space, or a home that has no heating in the winter. It can mean moving to new houses or apartments every few months, or sharing one home with another family. Most seriously, housing insecurity means experiencing homelessness, which can be living in shelters or cars, couch surfing, or living outdoors in a tent. In 2019, about 37 million households or 1 in 5 homeowners and nearly half of renters were cost-burdened, reflecting a decline of 3 percent from the 38 million households in the previous year according to a report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University . Households with incomes below $25,000 accounted for 46 percent of cost-burdened households. Older Americans (age 65 and older) were more likely to be cost-burdened, accounting for about a quarter of such households. Moreover, non-white households accounted for 43 percent of cost-burdened households despite only making up 32 percent of total households, which reflects in part a history of housing discrimination experienced by people of color (pgpf, 2021). Housing insecurity can take a number of forms: homelessness; housing cost burden; residential instability; evictions and other forced moves; living with family or friends to share housing costs;

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