Medical Xpress September 15, 2025
Housing is a key determinant of physical health. Housing conditions can increase or reduce the risk of problems including respiratory illness, heart disease and injury.
Improving housing conditions would see an improvement in health at the population level and reduce health-care costs.
In a study posted to medRxiv that is yet to be peer-reviewed, our research team has estimated eradicating mold and damp in Australian housing could cut health expenditure by A$117 million per million people, and increase income by $174 million. These figures represent 0.5%–2.1% of annual health spending and 0.08%–0.36% of gross domestic product.
We also estimated tackling mold and damp could result in an extra 4,190 health-adjusted life years (the number of years a person can expect...
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