Tenant asthma and mental illness rates could help NYC spot bad buildings, study finds
Tenants with health issues could be the key to identifying dangerous building conditions in New York City long before someone calls 311 to report mold or heat outages, according to a new report from researchers at NYU., published this month in the journal Health Affairs, says cities like New York can use health data from people living at the same address to spot systemic problems within buildings.
The study comes as conditions deteriorate in many residential buildings across the city, especially in apartments housing low-income New Yorkers. New York’s recently releasedNYU associate professor Daniel Neill, one of the report’s authors, said housing agencies can use the same method to identify unsafe buildings.
Neill said New York City housing officials typically inspect apartment buildings in response to complaints, including 311 calls, but could also use aggregate health data to identify potential problems and intervene to get systemic issues fixed.Improving living conditions could also drive down rising health care costs.
The survey found that over half a million households, including 1 in 4 Bronx residents, are living with at least three housing problems.
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