• We will identify as many PD homes across England as possible and form a new list of PD housing in England.

    Identify the demographic, health and Socioeconomic characteristics of PD residents and compare to residents living with similar levels of socioeconomic deprivation

    Link data and compare housing addresses with NHS health records and determine the health needs of PD.

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  • Explore residents’ lived experiences of PD housing through surveys and interviews. In-home Interviews to further explore their health and wellbeing whilst assessing building conditions.   Read more here.

  • Gather data using monitoring equipment installed in volunteers’ homes to gather to understand overheating and poor ventilation issues for a sample of PD housing which can be compared to norms for other homes.

    Understand the exposures to excess heat and cold and indoor air pollutants of populations living in PD housing. Read more here

  • Perform an assessment of all housing-related health risks of homes built under PD, their health economic costs and the potential cost-benefit of altered regulation or required adaptations

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  • Review policy ‘levers’ to ensure that new homes support residents’ health and wellbeing, improving housing quality to deliver better health outcomes for people.

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