East Harlem Neighborhood Plan Health Impact Assessment: connecting housing affordability and health East Harlem Neighborhood Plan Health Impact Assessment: connecting housing affordability and health

Collection: Health Policy and Services Research Author(s): Realmuto, Lindsey, author Owusu, Shauneequa, author Libman, Kimberly, author Contributor(s): New York Academy of Medicine, issuing body. Publication: New York, NY : New York Academy of Medicine, September 2016 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Health Impact Assessment Health Status Disparities Housing Public Health Social Determinants of Health Urban Health New York City United States Genre(s): Technical Report Abstract: The New York Academy of Medicine's Health Impact Assessment--the first to be conducted for the East Harlem Community and only the second in New York City's history--was created to inform the future implementation of the housing component of the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan. East Harlem has lost approximately 1,854 units of affordable housing since 2011 and is estimated to lose 6,817 units over the next 10 years. A failure to develop more affordable housing will continue to lead to evictions, displacement, decreased housing affordability and potentially poor health outcomes. This report offers options to avoid these risks. Residents and policy makers must realize that housing policy is also health policy. Health Impact Assessments can be a critical tool for understanding the negative and potentially positive effects policies from many sectors such as housing, transportation, urban planning and business can have on a community's health. Copyright: Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information) Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (67 pages)) Illustrations: Illustrations NLM Unique ID: 101715473 (See catalog record) Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101715473