Real cost of poor housing / by Maggie Davidson

By:

Davidson, Maggie

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: IHS BRE Press, 2010. Watford :Description: v,50pISBN:

9781848061156

Subject(s):

Housing policy-Great Britain

DDC classification:

363.50941 REA

Contents:

1.Introduction-- 2.The evidence on links between housing and health -- 3.Defining Poor housing-- 4.Option for estimating the costs of poor housing-- 5.Cost for a cost benefit analysis-- 6.Modelling cost benefit-- 7.Total cost of poor housing -- 8.Conclusion and recommendation

Summary: Highlights weaknesses in existing models of the housing stock and proposes a new model intended to overcome them. The model uses data from the English House Condition Survey to illustrate the effects of various scenarios and repair options. Encourages all the hazards measured in the survey to be compared, and identifies repair solutions which provide direct benefit to the NHS through reduced injury rates and treatment costs.- publisher.

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1.Introduction--
2.The evidence on links between housing and health --
3.Defining Poor housing--
4.Option for estimating the costs of poor housing--
5.Cost for a cost benefit analysis--
6.Modelling cost benefit--
7.Total cost of poor housing --
8.Conclusion and recommendation

Highlights weaknesses in existing models of the housing stock and proposes a new model intended to overcome them. The model uses data from the English House Condition Survey to illustrate the effects of various scenarios and repair options. Encourages all the hazards measured in the survey to be compared, and identifies repair solutions which provide direct benefit to the NHS through reduced injury rates and treatment costs.- publisher.

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