This document summarises the latest published research examining the links between housing and health. It is based on an evidence review and synthesis and recent Australian research commissioned by VicHealth, and a small number of additional sources.

It reveals that there is compelling evidence of a range of links between housing and health. People in precarious housing have worse health than people in adequate housing, and the more elements of precarious housing experienced simultaneously, the greater the health impact. Adequate housing or the prevention of precarious housing must be considered a key component of health promotion or disease prevention.

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 Housing and health: research summary