The correlation between access to safe and quality housing and our health is more apparent than never before in light of COVID-19. The crisis has laid bare how housing policy and the design of our cities have failed to protect vulnerable residents, often low-income Black and brown communities. With housing as a clear social determinant of health, cities must rethink ways to provide access to quality housing in order to build healthier, more equitable cities.
Jonsara Ruth joins Urban Design Forum and Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development for the fourth session of Power After the Pandemic series on November 19, 2020
How can we envision a just housing recovery that centers health equity?
This discussion, Power After the Pandemic, explores the link between access to safe and quality housing and our health. Experts including HML’s own Jonsara Ruth were invited to discuss ideas for just and equitable housing through a public health lens after COVID-19.
This conversation was hosted by Urban Design Forum and Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development as part of the Urban Design Forum promotes conversation between invited civic leaders, designers, developers and advocates.