Yale Housing & Health Equity Lab (@ysphhandh) 's Twitter Profile
Yale Housing & Health Equity Lab

@ysphhandh

Our lab is focused on understanding the population health implications of the current affordable housing crisis. Director: @danyakeene @YaleSPH

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linkhttps://medicine.yale.edu/lab/handh/ calendar_today20-07-2021 18:22:58

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📰 Please read more about it here! New Haven Register: newhavenindependent.org/article/fair_r… New Haven Indy: nhregister.com/news/article/N… #AffordableHousing #Tenants #FairRent #NewHaven #NHV 5/5

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Check out the Editor's Choice for this issue of Housing Policy Debate! "Participants who were receiving rental assistance had lower odds of reporting housing instability, low-quality housing, lack of autonomy related to housing, and some measures of housing unaffordability."

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"Before the pandemic, about one-third of vouchers in Connecticut were going unused. Since 2020, 50 percent of all vouchers issued have gone unused — a total of nearly 3,000 unused vouchers statewide." ctinsider.com/news/article/H…

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Right to Counsel in CT has prevented 80% of eviction judgments for the 1,500 tenants who have used a lawyer through the program since its rollout in January. But the program has only been able to hire 35 of the estimated 100 lawyers it will need. ctpublic.org/news/2022-12-0…

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Our lab director Danya Keene was interviewed by Yale Daily News: “This lack of affordable housing limits the ability of renters to choose housing that is healthy, or to walk with their feet when they are dissatisfied by housing conditions.” yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/03/3…

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Last week, the Room for All Coalition hosted a mayoral candidate forum, focusing on wages and rent. New Haven Indy provides a summary of the candidates' positions and residents' questions. newhavenindependent.org/article/candid…

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SBS PhD superstars Shannon Whittaker and Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe presenting their poster at APHA on the role of reparations to reduce health inequities caused by racial-wealth disparities. Shannon Whittaker, PhD @FatimaKado Yale School of Public Health

SBS PhD superstars Shannon Whittaker and Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe presenting their poster at <a href="/PublicHealth/">APHA</a> on the role of reparations to reduce health inequities caused by racial-wealth disparities. <a href="/_sawhit/">Shannon Whittaker, PhD</a> @FatimaKado <a href="/YaleSPH/">Yale School of Public Health</a>
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Frank Zhu (MPH student, 2023) highlights how CT has strengthened tenant protections and the path the state can take to do more. Frank Zhu ctmirror.org/2023/10/18/ct-…

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This week, our lab joined Partnership for Strong Communities and Health Equity CT to discuss how the links between housing and health in our communities. Thank you so much for joining us! ctinsider.com/recordjournal/…