Subsidized Housing and Adult Asthma in Boston, 2010–2015

Spillovers and Subsidized Housing: The Impact of Subsidized Rental Housing on Neighborhoods

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The Effect of Microneighborhood Conditions on Adult Educational Attainment in a Subsidized Housing Intervention.

The ACHIEVEability model of affordable housing aims to promote self-sufficiency by requiring enrollment in postsecondary education in exchange for subsidized housing. In this study, we exploit the quasi random assignment of ACHIEVEability participants (N = 84) to subsidized housing units to evaluate whether microneighborhood environments moderated participants' progress in postsecondary educati...

Cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in U.S. subsidized housing.

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking in multiunit housing can lead to secondhand-smoke (SHS) exposure among nonsmokers, increased maintenance costs for units where smoking is permitted, and fire risks. During 2009-2010, approximately 7.1 million individuals lived in subsidized housing in the U.S., a large proportion of which were children, elderly, or disabled. PURPOSE This study calculated the annual ...

Spatial Decision Support for Subsidized Housing Location and Residential Mobility

Health-Related Needs Assessment of Older Residents in Subsidized Housing

When a nonprofit organization with nursing-home and assisted-living experience purchased a 30-year-old highrise apartment building in downtown Portland, Oregon, the new owners were faced with how to manage a building that provided housing to more than 200 older residents whom they knew very little about. As long-term care providers, they knew that older people were at risk for developing chroni...