Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Housing and homelessness
Interconnected: Minnesota's Housing Crisis
A recorded video of a panel conversation focused on housing issues in rural and urban Minnesota. Discusses racial disparities in home ownership as well as housing and policy solutions.
Author(s): Esther Agbaje, Andrew Myers, Shereese Turner, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Policy and Development, Citizens League
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A recorded video of a panel conversation focused on housing issues in rural and urban Minnesota. Discusses racial disparities in home ownership as well as housing and policy solutions.
Author(s): Esther Agbaje, Andrew Myers, Shereese Turner, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Policy and Development, Citizens League
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Rural/Urban Differences in Housing Quality and Adequacy: Findings from the American Housing Survey, 2019
Explores rural and urban differences in various measures of housing quality affecting health outcomes, using a nationally representative survey. Features statistics on housing adequacy; heating, electrical, plumbing, and building conditions; and presence of mold and pests, with breakdowns by rural, urban, and urbanized housing units.
Author(s): Hawking Yam, Alexis Swendener, Mariana Tuttle, Madeleine Pick, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Explores rural and urban differences in various measures of housing quality affecting health outcomes, using a nationally representative survey. Features statistics on housing adequacy; heating, electrical, plumbing, and building conditions; and presence of mold and pests, with breakdowns by rural, urban, and urbanized housing units.
Author(s): Hawking Yam, Alexis Swendener, Mariana Tuttle, Madeleine Pick, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Annual Report To the Congress of the United States On Sanitation Deficiency Levels for Indian Homes and Communities: Fiscal Year 2022
Reports on sanitation deficiencies in tribal communities and describes efforts and priorities of the Indian Health Service to improve tribal water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure. Includes data on estimated costs to address sanitation deficiencies, estimated health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Reports on sanitation deficiencies in tribal communities and describes efforts and priorities of the Indian Health Service to improve tribal water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure. Includes data on estimated costs to address sanitation deficiencies, estimated health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Housing for Rural Residents Recovering from Substance Use Disorders
Presents a study featuring a number of programs providing housing for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery in rural communities. Discusses three different case studies on programs in MN, OR, and WV. Highlights the community need, organizational structure, and key features of each program.
Author(s): Katie Rydberg, Ingrid Jacobson, Mariana Tuttle, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Presents a study featuring a number of programs providing housing for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery in rural communities. Discusses three different case studies on programs in MN, OR, and WV. Highlights the community need, organizational structure, and key features of each program.
Author(s): Katie Rydberg, Ingrid Jacobson, Mariana Tuttle, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Coming to Terms with Housing and Homelessness in Rural Places with Jess Huff, Erin Carreon, and Mallory VanMeeter
Podcast episode discussing rural youth homelessness. Covers challenges to identifying, counting, and providing services for rural homeless teens; the role of community support services; the long-term impacts of homelessness; and how rural communities can address and prevent youth homelessness.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Podcast episode discussing rural youth homelessness. Covers challenges to identifying, counting, and providing services for rural homeless teens; the role of community support services; the long-term impacts of homelessness; and how rural communities can address and prevent youth homelessness.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Coming to Terms with Housing and Homelessness in Rural Places with Marion Mollegen McFadden, HUD
Podcast episode discussing rural homelessness and housing security featuring Marion Mollegen McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Describes HUD's work related to rural communities. Highlights programs and funding that help rural communities meet housing and community development needs.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Podcast episode discussing rural homelessness and housing security featuring Marion Mollegen McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Describes HUD's work related to rural communities. Highlights programs and funding that help rural communities meet housing and community development needs.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Evaluation of the Eviction Protection Grant Program: Interim Report
Examines the impact of the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP) and its work to stabilize families following the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides an overview of EPGP from 2021-2023 and focuses on characteristics of EPGP organizations and households served by the program, challenges of implementing the program, and strategies and lessons learned. Includes information on EPGPs in rural and tribal areas.
Author(s): Hiren Nisar, Arpita Chakravorty, Dennis Okyere, et al.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Examines the impact of the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP) and its work to stabilize families following the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides an overview of EPGP from 2021-2023 and focuses on characteristics of EPGP organizations and households served by the program, challenges of implementing the program, and strategies and lessons learned. Includes information on EPGPs in rural and tribal areas.
Author(s): Hiren Nisar, Arpita Chakravorty, Dennis Okyere, et al.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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2024 North Carolina Rural Health Snapshot
Presents data on rural North Carolina demographics, health information, and healthcare infrastructure. Offers statistics on issues including food access, income, healthcare coverage, maternal health, behavioral health, housing, internet access, and more.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, North Carolina Rural Health Association
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Presents data on rural North Carolina demographics, health information, and healthcare infrastructure. Offers statistics on issues including food access, income, healthcare coverage, maternal health, behavioral health, housing, internet access, and more.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation, North Carolina Rural Health Association
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Rural Research Brief: Creating A Better Understanding of Farmworker Communities and Their Housing Conditions
Examines the legal, cultural, and geographic determinants that impact housing for farmworkers and their families. Focuses on farmworker demographics, economic characteristics, housing challenges, programs aimed at improving housing, and potential policy solutions.
Author(s): Manda LaPorte
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Examines the legal, cultural, and geographic determinants that impact housing for farmworkers and their families. Focuses on farmworker demographics, economic characteristics, housing challenges, programs aimed at improving housing, and potential policy solutions.
Author(s): Manda LaPorte
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Symptoms of the Disease: The Epidemiological, Economic, and Public Health Impacts of COVID-19 on the Battle Born State
Reports on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada between March 2020 and December 2022 on various healthcare, economic, and sociodemographic indicators. Includes rural and urban comparisons related to case and mortality rates, telehealth utilization, homelessness, and child welfare.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada between March 2020 and December 2022 on various healthcare, economic, and sociodemographic indicators. Includes rural and urban comparisons related to case and mortality rates, telehealth utilization, homelessness, and child welfare.
Date: 04/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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