Housing instability, housing and neighborhood design, and healthcare: Intersections and future directions

This event will highlight areas of overlap between the healthcare and housing sectors, including the cost of housing instability on the healthcare system, integration of health-promoting attributes in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit supported housing, and future directions for research and practice.

Speakers:

• Kim Rollings, Health and Design Research Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
• Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
• Alfreda Rooks, Director of Community Health Service, Michigan Medicine

Faculty Expert

Paula Lantz

James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Director, BA Programs

A social demographer, Lantz studies the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health. She is currently engaged in research regarding innovative financing approaches for supportive housing among Medicaid beneficiaries, and also on how COVID-19 is exacerbating existing social and health inequalities in the U.S.

• anti-poverty
• Poverty Solutions
• housing
• Housing policy
• health care
• health policy