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Laura Rebolledo
HSCI 6230
Housing
1. Physiological needs
2. Psychological needs
3. Protection against disease
4. Protection against injury
5. Protection against fire and electrical shock
6. Protection against toxic and exploding gasses
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
● Housing codes
○ Difficult to enforce
○ Who will make the repairs?
● Housing-assistance programs through federal government
○ Attempt to reduce homelessness and to increase stable, safe housing for vulnerable
populations
○ What occurs to populations who do not qualify for these programs?
What is driving these conditions?
from https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/books/housing/housing.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Homelessness and Covid-19 faqs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
D'Alessandro, D., & Appolloni, L. (2020). Housing and health: an overview. Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita, 32(5
Supple 1), 17–26. https://doi.org/10.7416/ai.2020.3391
HUD releases 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report part 1. HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
(2021, May 21). Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/hud_no_21_041
Indoor Air Facts No.4 (Revised) Sick Building Syndrome . United States Environmental Protection Agency . (1991, February). Retrieved
from https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-08/documents/sick_building_factsheet.pdf
Thank you
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