How Does Housing Affordability Affect Our Health?

Issues of housing in California are critical to current local and statewide political debates, but they are also important to public health. Housing is a social determinant of health. In other words, where you live has consequential effects on your overall health and well-being.

According to the 2021 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), 1 in 10 adults — or 3 million people — in California had difficulty paying to keep a roof over their heads, and many also resorted to cutting back on seeking health care as a result of housing affordability.

In this webinar organized by UCLA Anderson’s Ziman Center for Real Estate, Sean Tan, author of a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report detailing the state of housing in California, discussed findings from the 2021 CHIS that examine the relationship between our state’s prevailing housing crisis and residents’ health.

Learn more about the UCLA Ziman Center’s Housing as Health Care initiative:

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