The impact of housing prices on residents’ health: a systematic review

Background Rising housing prices are becoming a top public health priority and are an emerging concern for policy makers and community leaders. This report reviews and synthesizes evidence examining the association between changes in housing price and health outcomes. Methods We conducted a systemat...

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Published in:BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 931 - 20
Main Authors: Grewal, Ashmita, Hepburn, Kirk J., Lear, Scott A., Adshade, Marina, Card, Kiffer G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London BioMed Central 01.04.2024
BioMed Central Ltd
Springer Nature B.V
BMC
Subjects:
Biostatistics
Changes
Chronic illnesses
Data collection
Demographic aspects
Dwellings
Economic aspects
Economic impact
Economic stress
Economics
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Health
Health aspects
Health care disparities
Health disparities
Health status
Home ownership
Homeowners
Housing
Housing - economics
Housing authorities
Housing costs
Housing policy
Housing price
Housing prices
Humans
Income
Inequality
Keywords
Leadership
Literature reviews
Low income groups
Market prices
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Moderators
Neighborhoods
Ownership
Policy making
Prices
Prices and rates
Public Health
Social aspects
Social determinants of health
Stress
Systematic review
Tenants
Vaccine
Wealth
Well-being
Canada
United States > US
Economic stress
Social determinants of health
Well-being
Health
Housing price
ISSN:1471-2458, 1471-2458
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Summary:Background Rising housing prices are becoming a top public health priority and are an emerging concern for policy makers and community leaders. This report reviews and synthesizes evidence examining the association between changes in housing price and health outcomes. Methods We conducted a systematic literature review by searching the SCOPUS and PubMed databases for keywords related to housing price and health. Articles were screened by two reviewers for eligibility, which restricted inclusion to original research articles measuring changes in housing prices and health outcomes, published prior to June 31st, 2022. Results Among 23 eligible studies, we found that changes in housing prices were heterogeneously associated with physical and mental health outcomes, with multiple mechanisms contributing to both positive and negative health outcomes. Income-level and home-ownership status were identified as key moderators, with lower-income individuals and renters experience negative health consequences from rising housing prices. This may have resulted from increased stress and financial strain among these groups. Meanwhile, the economic benefits of rising housing prices were seen to support health for higher-income individuals and homeowners – potentially due to increased wealth or perception of wealth. Conclusions Based on the associations identified in this review, it appears that potential gains to health associated with rising housing prices are inequitably distributed. Housing policies should consider the health inequities born by renters and low-income individuals. Further research should explore mechanisms and interventions to reduce uneven economic impacts on health.
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ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-18360-w