The relationship between quality of housing and quality of life: evidence from permanent supportive housing

Palimaru, Alina I.; McBain, Ryan; McDonald, Keisha; Batra, Priya; Hunter, Sarah B.

doi:10.1080/08882746.2021.1928853

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“…Overall, stably housed interviewees felt signifcantly safer, more comfortable, and more autonomous than respondents who were not stably housed at the time of interview. Many stably housed participants also reported improvements in their overall physical and mental wellbeing, which they attributed to being independently housed versus being homeless, consistent with other research [59,60]. Many reported perceived improvements in nutrition, explained in part by the ability to store and cook food in their own house.…”

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The Association between Housing Stability and Perceived Quality of Life among Emerging Adults with a History of Homelessness

Palimaru

McDonald

Garvey

et al. 2023

Health & Social Care in the Community

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Many cities across the United States are experiencing homelessness at crisis levels, including rises in the number of unhoused emerging adults (18–25). Emerging adults experiencing homelessness may be at higher risk of experiencing negative outcomes, given that being unhoused increases risk for a variety of behaviors. To better understand the current living circumstances of emerging adults with a history of homelessness, as well as their perceptions about associations between housing stability and quality of life (QOL), we conducted 30 semistructured in-depth interviews with individuals recruited from drop-in centers for youth experiencing homelessness. At the time of recruitment, n = 19 were stably housed and n = 11 were unstably housed. Two coders analyzed these data inductively and deductively, using preidentified domains and open coding. Coding reliability was assessed. Three main themes emerged, each with subthemes: (1) housing quality (neighborhood safety, convenience, and housing unit characteristics); (2) QOL before stable housing (physical and mental wellbeing, social wellbeing, and other determinants of QOL, such as encounters with law enforcement); and (3) changes in QOL after stable housing (same subthemes as for prehousing stability QOL). Findings indicated a pattern of perceived relationships between housing stability, housing quality, built and social environments, and QOL in the context of emerging adults who experienced or continued to experience homelessness. However, results were mixed with regard to the perceived effects of housing stability on alcohol and other drug use. Taken together, results indicate several areas of challenge but also highlight opportunities to facilitate improvements in QOL among vulnerable emerging adults who experience homelessness.

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confidence: 81%

The Association between Housing Stability and Perceived Quality of Life among Emerging Adults with a History of Homelessness

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McDonald

Garvey

et al. 2023

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“…These findings collectively imply that the housing environment's quality has a considerable direct and indirect impact on people's quality of life. Additionally, they add to and complement earlier theoretical and empirical studies [7,12,50,51].…”

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confidence: 59%

“…The scale for measuring the quality of dwelling (5 items) [30], quality of context (8 items) [30], residential satisfaction (4 items) [31], and quality of life (5 items) [29] have all been used and validated in the literature. Socioeconomic characteristics such as gender, level of education, and income are utilized in QoL research [12,[32][33][34][35].…”

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“…The findings of Xu Huang et al [11] confirmed that certain characteristics of residential architecture meet the demands and expectations of its occupants. Palimaru et al [12] asserted that housing quality is important in analyzing the factors that determine the QoL at the family level. However, they did not provide a comprehensive definition considering all indicators, such as health or leisure time.…”

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The Impact of Resettlement on Quality of Life in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Residential Satisfaction

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The effects of large-scale land acquisitions for development projects such as mining, urbanization and dams are widely contested in the literature. Prior research has focused on the difficulties that resettlement poses for the affected families in terms of their capacity to meet the demands of the new community. This study suggests that resettlement (built environment) quality may act as a predictor and influence the residential satisfaction and quality of life of project-affected families. This study investigates how residential satisfaction influences the relationship between the quality of the dwelling, the context of resettlement homes, and the quality of life of mining-affected families in Ghana. A sample of 256 household heads displaced by a large-scale mining project in Ellembelle was used to evaluate the suggested model. The findings indicate that resettlement quality greatly enhances the quality of life of the mining-affected families. The findings also revealed that residential satisfaction was a significant mediator of the quality of dwellings and the context of the resettlement, in addition to being a strong predictor of quality of life. Indirectly, resident characteristics, such as socioeconomic and demographic conditions, influenced how people felt about their homes and quality of life. These results indicate that residential satisfaction and resettlement quality are accurate indicators of the mining-affected families’ quality of life. Integrating these features make it possible to quantify the mining-affected families’ quality of life for future research and public policy.

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Self-consciousness inequality under spatial polarization: Evidence from growing and declining neighborhoods of Osaka City, Japan

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The relationship between quality of housing and quality of life: evidence from permanent supportive housing

Cited by 4 publications

References 48 publications

The Association between Housing Stability and Perceived Quality of Life among Emerging Adults with a History of Homelessness

The Association between Housing Stability and Perceived Quality of Life among Emerging Adults with a History of Homelessness

The Impact of Resettlement on Quality of Life in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Residential Satisfaction

Self-consciousness inequality under spatial polarization: Evidence from growing and declining neighborhoods of Osaka City, Japan

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