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ChangeLab Solutions introduces the BLOCK Project, an initiative exploring the intersection of housing and health. [ChangeLabSolutions.org]

 

The BLOCK Project examines how housing policies and practices exacerbate health inequities, and identifies promising solutions.

Decades of research have shown that safe, stable, affordable housing sets the foundation for health. Housing located near good schools, high-quality jobs, healthy food, safe parks, and dependable transportation can ensure communities prosper and thrive. Yet, housing policies have not been guided by a vision of healthy and equitable communities. Instead, many housing policies reinforce discrimination and economic exclusion, leading to disinvestment and inequitable health outcomes. These forces have compounded health disparities and made it difficult for local governments and institutions to ensure the health and wellbeing of all residents.

We believe a vision of widespread health and prosperity should guide the future of housing and development in the United States. The laws and policies that shape housing markets and guide development have a significant effect on both goals. Decades of research have shown that safe, stable, affordable housing sets the foundation for health. Housing located near good schools, high-quality jobs, healthy food, safe parks, and dependable transportation can ensure communities prosper and thrive.



[For more of this story go to http://www.changelabsolutions.org/block-project]

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