Restoring Funding for Public Housing
For six years, housing authorities have struggled to keep public housing operating as the federal government has drastically cut funding. Reductions in funding for the HOPE VI program and operating subsidies have a direct and detrimental impact on the quality of public housing and resident health. Mold, pests, lead-based paint, and safety hazards are just a few of the hazards public housing residents face. These hazards can be ameliorated through ongoing maintenance. The National Center for Healthy Housing has written to Senator Barbara Mikulski, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, to request that fuding be restored.
Click here to view the letter [pdf file size 75 kb]
The HOPE VI program aims to improve neighborhood conditions by revitalizing distressed public housing communities and assisting residents with moving to better housing in less distressed neighborhoods (Buron 2004; Comey 2004). A study by the non-partisan group, the Urban Institute, examined the health of Hope VI residents. Several physical health problems were significantly more prevalent among HOPE VI adults than among the overall population, even more prevalent than among minority women nationwide, a group that already has higher prevalence rates for many health problems than whites and men. The proportion of respondents reporting problems with depression and anxiety was also very high.
Click here for the report "How Are HOPE VI Families Faring? Health" [pdf 100 kb]
Click here to read the article "Paying the Price: The costs of cutting public housing funding" [pdf file size 355 kb]
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