Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study.
Housing affordability
Housing policy
Mental health
Psychological distress
Rental assistance
Journal
Social science & medicine (1982)
ISSN: 1873-5347
Titre abrégé: Soc Sci Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8303205
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
revised:
28
05
2021
accepted:
31
05
2021
pubmed:
19
6
2021
medline:
3
8
2021
entrez:
18
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Almost half of renters in the United States are rent-burdened, meaning that they pay more than 30% of their income toward housing costs. Rental assistance through programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleviates these financial strains for around 5 million households. However, due to budgetary constraints, fewer than one in four eligible households actually receive this assistance and waitlists average two years nationally. Using longitudinal data from a cohort of 400 low-income adults living in New Haven, CT, this paper investigates how access to rental assistance affects mental health through two analytical methods that address selection into rental assistance. First, we performed a cross-sectional analysis to identify how psychological distress differs among those receiving and those on a waitlist for rental assistance. Second, we used a within-person fixed-effects analysis to compare changes in individuals following entry into rental assistance. We find that those receiving rental assistance report significantly less psychological distress than those on waiting lists and that transitions into rental assistance are associated with statistically non-significant decreases in psychological distress. Our findings suggest that expanding rental assistance may be one potential step toward improving the mental health of low-income individuals in the United States.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34144434
pii: S0277-9536(21)00432-9
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114100
pmc: PMC8299474
mid: NIHMS1711851
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
114100Subventions
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : R01 DK124500
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01 MH110192
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001863
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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