AUTHOR=Murphy Michael , Grundy Emily M. D. 

TITLE=Housing tenure and disability in the UK: trends and projections 2004–2030

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1248909

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1248909

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Most studies on the relationships between housing and health have been concerned with physical and environmental issues, such as the role of cold and damp. However, the level of disability (as legally defined in UK discrimination legislation) shows very substantial differences across a socially constructed variable, housing tenure. These differentials are shown not only to be large, but larger than more widely used measures of socio-economic position such as educational level. The relative and absolute disadvantages of those living in the social-rented sector have been increasing over time, and these remain after controlling for the socio-economic characteristics of those in the various sectors. These findings are linked to long-term politically driven changes. We use a much larger data source over an extended time period to provide robust evidence to support these findings that has not been possible hitherto. Analysis of these trends allows us to present projections to indicate how these trends may develop in years to come and to suggest that current trends are likely to exacerbate current problems.