ABSTRACT
With mixed housing types, sizes, and tenures (various forms of ownership and rental), neighborhoods can provide housing options for households of varying ages, sizes, incomes, and preferences. This proposition deals with how housing is related to general well-being. There is a need for more qualitative research to better understand the mechanisms that contribute to health. Housing quality-the condition of the physical dwelling-can be linked to health. Of 14 New Zealand and UK studies reviewed on warmth and energy efficiency improvements and health, the authors find conclusive evidence to support health improvements in units of inadequate warmth, with the strongest benefits for residents with existing respiratory disease. Though there is a lack of research evidence to support specific planning and design interventions that enable aging in place, ensuring access to affordable and stable housing options is key. Providing a range of housing sizes, densities, and construction technologies is a start in creating a healthy housing mix.
