Jenkins Morales Meghan
Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
J Aging Soc Policy. 2024 Aug 27:1-16. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2384197.
About 1.8 million older adults receive rental assistance in the United States, but surprisingly little is known about their health, especially among the growing number of older housing choice voucher (HCV) holders. This is the first known study to use nationally representative data (2006-2018) from the National Health Interview Survey merged with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrative data to describe the health of older HUD renters ( = 4,582) living in public housing, multifamily housing, or receiving an HCV. Logistic regression models were used to examine potential health differences by HUD program type. Contrary to expectations, the results suggest that older HCV holders were more likely to experience health challenges compared to older adults with project-based assistance. The results bring awareness to the health challenges experienced by older HCV holders and emphasize the need for future research to examine older HCV holders are more likely to experience these health challenges. Policy makers and program administrators must consider how the HCV program has significantly aged in the past two decades and consider what program and policy changes are necessary to ensure that older adults have access to affordable housing that matches their changing needs and preferences.
在美国，约有180万老年人获得租金援助，但令人惊讶的是，人们对他们的健康状况知之甚少，尤其是在越来越多的老年住房选择券（HCV）持有者中。这是第一项利用来自《国家健康访谈调查》的全国代表性数据（2006 - 2018年）与美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）行政数据相结合，来描述居住在公共住房、多户住房或领取HCV的老年HUD租户（n = 4582）健康状况的已知研究。使用逻辑回归模型来检验按HUD项目类型划分的潜在健康差异。与预期相反，结果表明，与获得基于项目援助的老年人相比，老年HCV持有者更有可能面临健康挑战。这些结果让人们意识到老年HCV持有者所面临的健康挑战，并强调未来研究有必要探究为何老年HCV持有者更有可能面临这些健康挑战。政策制定者和项目管理人员必须考虑HCV项目在过去二十年中如何显著老龄化，并考虑需要进行哪些项目和政策变革，以确保老年人能够获得符合其不断变化的需求和偏好的经济适用房。
