Ep 58: Housing Choice and Public Health with Craig Pollack, MD

How does the neighborhood you live in affect your health? Craig Pollack, MD, joins to discuss the relationship between neighborhood poverty and asthma symptoms, the medical establishment’s growing role in the housing sector, and how better housing policy can lead to improved public health.

Show notes:

• Pollack, C. E., Roberts, L. C., Peng, R. D., Cimbolic, P., Judy, D., Balcer-Whaley, S., ... & Matsui, E. C. (2023). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. JAMA, 329(19), 1671-1681.
• Sanbonmatsu, L., J. Ludwig, L. F. Katz, L. A. Gennetian, G. J. Duncan, R. C. Kessler, E. Adam, T. McDade, and S. T. Lindau (2011). Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program: Final Impacts Evaluation. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.
• Episode 17 of UCLA Housing Voice: Housing Vouchers with Rob Collinson.
• Bergman, P., Chetty, R., DeLuca, S., Hendren, N., Katz, L. F., & Palmer, C. (2019). Creating moves to opportunity: Experimental evidence on barriers to neighborhood choice (No. w26164). National Bureau of Economic Research.
• Chetty, R., Hendren, N., & Katz, L. F. (2016). The effects of exposure to better neighborhoods on children: New evidence from the moving to opportunity experiment. American Economic Review, 106(4), 855-902.
• Pollack, C. E., Bozzi, D. G., Blackford, A. L., DeLuca, S., Thornton, R. L., & Herring, B. (2023). Using the Moving to Opportunity experiment to investigate the long-term impact of neighborhoods on healthcare use by specific clinical conditions and type of service. Housing Policy Debate, 33(1), 269-289.
• Program information on the Housing For Health program in Los Angeles County.
• More background on Housing For Health and its impact from the Rand Corporation blog.