Although evidence exists for an association between income level and diet quality, a causal
relationship has not been established. A number of studies found that the price of nutritious …

Introduction it began with a phone call. After Jazmine Acosta's housing case man ag er
placed the call, there was no turning back. A few hours later, a state investigator showed up …

Unsafe rental units are disproportionately located in communities of color, resulting in
numerous detrimental effects for residents' health and socioeconomic well-being. Yet …

Background Substandard housing conditions and hazardous indoor environmental
exposures contribute to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Housing indices that …

There are multiple threats that cause consumers to be vulnerable in the marketplace, with
poverty being a leading cause. Impoverishment often negatively impacts access to multiple …

To provide a new measure of housing quality, we present a costbased index of home repair
needs based on housing problems reported in the American Housing Survey (AHS). Using …

The body of literature on residential satisfaction has been growing not only in housing
studies, but also in numerous other disciplines like urban planning, sociology and …

People who migrate usually do it for economic, family, or safety concerns. The United
Nations Population Bureau estimated that there were 244 million international migrants …

The American Housing Survey (AHS) has long been a powerful tool for understanding
housing problems in the United States. Traditionally, researchers have relied on subjective …

Building on recent efforts to quantify housing quality issues, researchers and data analysts
at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and PolicyMap have developed a cost-based …