Health Affairs May 17, 2024
Approximately 7.6 million Americans face the threat of eviction each year, with evictions increasing in most major cities. Threat of eviction is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes, including high blood pressure, anxiety, despair, and physical illness. Actually experiencing an eviction is associated with even worse health and socioeconomic outcomes, as well as higher rates of homelessness.
What is more, these health risks are not evenly distributed. Due to decades of discriminatory housing policies, racial segregation, and income and wealth inequality, people of color, specifically women and those with young children, are disproportionately represented in eviction cases. While a growing body of literature recognizes this as a public health issue, few have examined the health benefits of specific...
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