A new article published by the National League of Cities (NLC) examines the connection between mental health and healthy housing. The article explores the importance of housing for ensuring mental health, the impact of poor housing quality on mental health, and local housing policy solutions that can support mental health. Additionally, the article discusses NLC’s Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge, an opportunity for localities to promote healthier homes by improving housing for residents. A member of NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) Steering Committee, NLC generates insights about the operations of local governments that inform the OSAH campaign’s multi-sector housing advocacy strategy.
“It is hard to overstate the benefits of safe, stable, and affordable housing as fundamental to mental health and well-being,” explains the article. “Working together, housing and mental health experts, government officials, and community members can begin addressing some of the social determinants of poor health by advancing housing solutions that remedy historic harms and support mental health and well-being.”
Read the article here.