Highlights:

• Housing quality is intrinsically tied with air quality, both of which are key social determinants of health. If someone lives in a housing environment with poor air quality, it will be far more challenging to attain and maintain wellness.
• This latest regulation from NYCHA represents one of many policy efforts to address social determinants on a population level. Other cities and municipalities have leveraged certain nutrition-related policies, like a sugar tax, to compel healthier behavior from populations. Additionally, many school systems have implemented free meals for children and required those meals to meet a certain nutritional standard.
• Specifically, that work has to address resident behavior change, Shelley added. Patient behavior change can be challenging, as most providers know, but NYCHA has key policy levers that can help compel more widespread change, so long as stakeholders are patient.

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