Housing

Housing refers to the usage and possibly construction of shelter as living spaces, individually or collectively.

Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it is a home or some kind of physical structure for dwelling, lodging or shelter and it includes a range of options from apartments and houses to temporary shelters and emergency accommodations.

[2] Access to safe, affordable, and stable housing is essential for a person's health, safety, and well-being.

This type of housing is typically owned by private individuals or corporations, and the rental rates are determined by the landlord based on the local market conditions.

[4] Public housing provides help and assistance to those who are poor and mainly low-income earners.

[10] Nowadays affordable housing is a huge problem for so many families, and this is up by about ten to fifteen percent since 2018 because of the increase in prices.

When there is a 1% increase in the US real interest rate, the property prices decrease from $9302.845 to $4957.274, and saleable area drops by $4.955206 and $14.01284.

Housing attributes that negatively affect physical health include dampness, mold, inadequate heating, and overcrowding.

Mental health is also affected by inadequate heating, overcrowding, dampness, and mold, as well as lack of personal space.

[22] Housing can affect the health of children through exposure to asthma triggers or lead, and through injuries due to structural deficiencies (e.g. lack of window guards or radiator covers).

The family-size data from the China House Finance Survey using a partial least squares structural equation model results indicate that family members’ poor health and uninsured endowment insurance individuals adversely impact housing debt and family assets.