ArticleHealth services research2023
Impact of the monetary value of housing assistance on adult health outcomes.
Article in Health services research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Rental assistance, housing insecurity, & well-being: Spillover effects of emergency rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Article
- Beyond Food Assistance: A Scoping Review Examining Associations of Nonfood Social Safety Net Programs in the United States With Food Insecurity and Nutrition Outcomes.Nutrition reviews · 2025Article
- Temporary Financial Assistance for Housing Expenditures and Mortality and Suicide Outcomes Among US Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the impact of the dollar value of federal low-income housing assistance on adult health outcomes and whether this impact varies across housing assistance programs. DATA SOURCES: We use the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 1999 to 2016 linked with administrative records from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tracking receipt of low-income housing assistance from 1999 to 2017.
designWe use two approaches to assess the impact of the value of housing assistance among HUD housing assistance recipients on outcomes capturing overall health and mental health, chronic and acute health conditions, health care hardship, and food insecurity. First, we use multivariable regression models that adjust for a wide array of possible confounders. Second, we use an instrumental variable approach in which the county-level supply of HUD housing serves as an instrument for the value of housing assistance. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsOur sample includes all 12,031 adult HUD linkage-eligible NHIS respondents who were currently in HUD housing at the time of their NHIS interview. PRINCIPAL
findingsWe find the most consistent associations between the value of housing assistance and measures of health care hardship, a relationship that is most robust for Housing Choice Voucher recipients, where we find a $100 increase in the value of housing assistance is associated with a 6.2 percentage point decrease in probability of needing but not being able to afford medical care. We find little evidence that the value of housing assistance impacts overall health or chronic health outcomes.
conclusionsThe relationship between the value of housing assistance and health likely operates via an income effect, wherein receipt of a more valuable benefit frees up resources to spend on needed care. Policy changes to increase the value of housing assistance may have tangible health benefits for tenants receiving housing assistance.
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