Shelter from the Storm: Roles, responsibilities, and challenges in United States housing policy governance

Housing is a critical social determinant of health, an upstream factor that affects health outcomes both acutely and long term in many ways. Housing quality, affordability, and housing insecurity all contribute to health issues. For example: high lead levels in housing across the United States exposed four million households with children to high lead concentrations [1,2]. Half a million of the children exposed to lead, have blood lead levels high enough to harm their intelligence, behavior, and development [1,2].
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