Opinion: Why housing should be a health issue this election

Yvonne Parry

Opinion: Why housing should be a health issue this election

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Abstract

Successive federal and state governments have abandoned families to housing market forces — placing many in the situation of being unable to afford home ownership or living in housing stress where the cost of accommodation makes up more than 30% of household income.

The type and quality of housing conditions impacts many aspects of children’s lives, and development and research tells us the consequences of childhood housing instability has impacts well into adulthood.

The current debate on housing affordability misses the importance of housing as a basic human need, so how serious are the risks for low-income Australians?

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Specialist publication	Hospital and Healthcare
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2022

Keywords

health and policy
Child health
family homelessness
housing policy

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CHAMPIONS Project Policy Brief in partnership with the Childhood Trust: Developing a roadmap to give children experiencing homelessness a better future: Preventing the exacerbation of the impacts of COVID-19 on an already vulnerable population
Parry, Y., Lakhanpaul, M., Rosenthal, D. M., Acquilla, S., Aldridge, R., Heys, M., Lorgelly, P., Raghavan, R., Svirydzenka, N., Ucci, M., Fearon, K., Royo, M. G., Sarkar, K., Williams, M., Benniche, S., Mahony, S., Saha, S., Richardson, J., Gupta, A. & Bowlay-Williams, J. & 9 others, Islam, S., Witt, E., Cockman, S., Lahiri, I., Lee, B., Dorney-Smith, S., Cook, J., Pratt, S. & Florschutz, A., Jan 2023, 10 p. London, UK : University College London.
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

Open Access
March 2023 College Communique: Chairperson's Letter
Parry, Y. K., 16 Mar 2023, Journal of Children and Young People's Health, p. 1 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Editorial

Open Access
A Nurse Practitioner service designed to address the health needs of children living in housing instability: A non-randomised, concurrent mixed methods study protocol
Parry, Y., Willis, E., Kendall, S., Marriott, R. & Ankers, M., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78, 4, p. 1166-1175 10 p.
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Opinion: Why housing should be a health issue this election

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CHAMPIONS Project Policy Brief in partnership with the Childhood Trust: Developing a roadmap to give children experiencing homelessness a better future: Preventing the exacerbation of the impacts of COVID-19 on an already vulnerable population

March 2023 College Communique: Chairperson's Letter

A Nurse Practitioner service designed to address the health needs of children living in housing instability: A non-randomised, concurrent mixed methods study protocol

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