Question

Historically, planning, housing and public health have been closely connected (consider the historical origins of planning). The link between housing and public health is widely recognized by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health and other credible organizations. Jacob Riis (1890) amplified the interconnectedness through his poignant photography published in, How the Other Half Lives. Nonetheless, planning, housing and public health are often treated as separate disciplines in universities and as separate entities when planning for healthy, sustainable communities. Taking into consideration the history between planning, housing and public health, discuss the connections between the three. Explain why adequate housing is a primary public health issue. What initiatives have been introduced by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other agencies to respond to housing the ill-housed? (Please be specific when identifying housing initiatives or programs.) What are some positive outcomes and failures? How can planners help advance the public’s understanding about the connection between housing and public health?

Answer 1

There is a health challenges influenced in public health..Poor housing has a direct link with poor health outcomes and psychological illness....Low -income families have challenges with housing facilities,they live in subway platform where littered with garbage,bad smelling river of leakage, where there will be host of germ which carry the infection..Those people who can not afford for living in housing and find way through television and media there is a poor nutrition illness and chronic disease which contribute to exacerbating the crisis of public health and housing..
Housing and Urban Development(HUD) responsible for ensuring proper and planned growth of urban area with adequate infrastructure,health services for all the citizens..The department provide program that make housing and community development assistance..
The federal housing choice voucher program play a important role in addressing housing needs for low-income populations..main advantages of this voucher program give freedom for public to choose their house where they need to have their house for their needs..this voucher recipients have healthy neighborhoods that offer social,educational and economic opportunities for their family..Currently it does not work properly and not effective..Due to racial and ethnic discrimination owners not willing to accept the voucher payments and ineffective local administration make this negative outcomes..Block grant make more limitations for voucher program that federal spending for affordable housing is completely inadequate..Low-income people have difficulty to paying more than their half monthly income for housing..
It can control by strategies within the existing program structure can improve outcome for families..Mobility counselling and assistance help voucher recipients about locations option available..Housing opportunity identification negotiate well with landowners..Assisted housing mobility programs can improve location problem and make greater mobility to low-income and racially mixed neighborhoods. Regional collaboration of the voucher program can help administrative barriers across jurisdictions.Landowners concern about program operates and participation,offering financial incentives to landowners to accept voucher recipients..