Safe, stable, and affordable homes are fundamental building blocks for health, wellbeing, and wider life outcomes. Housing precarity—such as insecure, poor-quality, or unaffordable housing—has well-evidenced negative impacts on health and wellbeing. The fact that Scotland is currently experiencing a housing emergency, as declared by the Scottish Government in May 2024, is therefore of major concern when it comes to population health and health inequalities.
Authors
Maya Ljubojevic
Katherine Smith
Katherine is a Professor of Public Health Policy at the Strathclyde School of Social Work and Social Policy, and is co-director of Strathclyde's Centre for Health Policy.