Why We All Should Care
A healthy community has enough safe, stable, and affordable homes. The social determinants of health – the economic and social conditions that affect health outcomes and are the underlying contributing factors of health inequities – have at their foundation access to safe, quality housing. Housing holds a strong connection to public health, educational equity, economic justice, inclusive communities, and other social justice issues. These associations provide the framework and foundation for the collaborative and community-wide support of the regional housing plan.
Affordable housing is a prevailing public health intervention that data clearly demonstrate has tremendous positive impacts on the health of entire communities and ensures we are raising the bar for everyone. Increasingly, safe and stable housing is a top consideration in planning for the health and sustainability of our community in the years ahead.
What is Workforce Housing?
In this plan, workforce housing serves households that pay no more than 30 percent of their gross monthly income on rent and utilities in an apartment or monthly mortgage payment and housing expenses for a homeowner. Additionally, restrictions on the housing unit must be in place to ensure long-term affordability. When costs of other necessities such as transportation, food, health care, and childcare are included alongside the rising costs of housing, it’s easy to see how families are priced out of Boulder County.
Core of Our Community
Housing is a core infrastructure in our community. In addition to its deep roots within the social determinants of health, affordable housing is capable of transforming the built environment and improving social and economic integration into the community, increasing public safety, expanding social service, and reducing environmental impacts.
The regional housing plan is a critical road map for creating a regional approach to housing affordability that will boost the overall health and well-being of our entire community.
Core of Our Community
Housing is a core infrastructure in our community. In addition to its deep roots within the social determinants of health, affordable housing is capable of transforming the built environment and improving social and economic integration into the community, increasing public safety, expanding social service, and reducing environmental impacts.
The regional housing plan is a critical road map for creating a regional approach to housing affordability that will boost the overall health and well-being of our entire community.