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The Intersection of Housing and Health: A Suburban Story Martine Hackett, Ph.D., MPH Dept. of Health Professions, Hofstra University June 8, 2015

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The Intersection of Housing and Health: A Suburban Story

Martine Hackett, Ph.D., MPHDept. of Health Professions, Hofstra UniversityJune 8, 2015

Health and Housing: we have been here before

Increased awareness

of living conditions through visual media

Advocacy resulted in changes that improve living conditions for all

How does housing intersect with health in the suburbs?

Policy

Community

Home

• Supply of affordable housing

• Residential segregation

• Foreclosures• Neighborhood

SES• Availability of

resources• Crowding• Hazards: lead,

mold, pests• Stress on

parents and children

Uninsured population ages 18-64 by HUD Assisted Housing Properties, 2013, Nassau County

Households Living Below Poverty Level, % by Census Tract 2009-13Nassau County

Households living below poverty by Brownfield sites, 2013

Households living below poverty, Brownfield sites, Asthma Discharge rate ages 0-18

“They [the delis] all serve the

same thing, they don’t

serve anything fresh, like

vegetables and fruit.”

Roosevelt Photovoice, 2012

Vouchers for relocation to mixed income community=long term benefit for children

Public Reactions to Affordable Housing in Garden City

“This is not a color issue…it has to do with a false sense of entitlement. The gall of a group of people to think they belong in a neighborhood they cannot afford and then expect the government to pay for the housing and pay for the rent for this housing is vomit.”

Broad approaches (and personal stories) needed to address challenges of improving health through housing on Long Island

“These are new stores with apartments above them. This improves the block overall and it is always clean.”

New Cassel Revitalization Photovoice project, 2013

Thank you!Twitter & Instagram: @publichealthy