Rising home values and Covid-19 case rates in Massachusetts.
Soc Sci Med
; 265: 113290, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-710223
ABSTRACT
We explore whether housing displacement pressure could help explain place-based disparities in Massachusetts COVID-19 prevalence. We use qualitative data from the Healthy Neighborhoods Study to illustrate how rising and unaffordable housing costs are experienced by residents in municipalities disproportionately affected by COVID-19. We then predict municipal-level COVID-19 case rates as a function of home value increases and housing cost burden prevalence among low-income households, controlling for previously identified community-level risk factors. We find that housing value increase predicts higher COVID-19 case rates, but that associations are ameliorated in areas with higher home values. Qualitative data highlight crowding, "doubling up," homelessness, and employment responses as mechanisms that might link housing displacement pressure to COVID-19 prevalence.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Housing
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Soc Sci Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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