Housing and Health: What are the problems and where can we find them?

Recent and current research on Healthy Homes in the United States, based on an English approach to identifying risks in the home environment, have helped to determine what risks are prevalent in three United States cities in... [ view full abstract ]

Recent and current research on Healthy Homes in the United States, based on an English approach to identifying risks in the home environment, have helped to determine what risks are prevalent in three United States cities in different geographic environments. We now understand more about how American housing impacts health and how it compares to peers in the United States and England. Can we take what we know and translate it into a predictive service model that will help communities to better deploy assistance where it is needed most. This study explores how such a model may be developed and implemented in American cities where data about health hazards in the built environment are being collected.