The health costs of poor housing

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In the latest Beacon Blog, Vicki Cowan looks at the health costs of our cold damp housing stock.

We are in the process of updating our Performance of Rental Housing fact bank, and we’ve beefed up the section about the health and mental health impacts of poor housing.

Vicki says “Health costs fall not just to the individual household but to the state - the state of our housing is a challenge for the health sector as well.“

Read the latest Beacon Blog here: