Housing, health, and hope: A conversation on impactful collaboration

Housing, health, and hope: A conversation on impactful collaboration

From Population Healthy by Michigan Public Health

March 18, 2025 · 29 min · Season 7 · Episode 3

About this episode

Experts discuss the challenges of housing access and stability and the collaboration between urban planning and public health to address these issues.

In this episode, University of Michigan urban planning and public health experts Margaret Dewar and Roshanak Mehdipanah delve into the complex challenges of housing access and stability. They examine factors contributing to housing inequity, discuss the nationwide housing crisis affecting cities like Detroit, and shed light on innovative approaches to achieving housing equity. The research team shares insights from their interdisciplinary partnership, highlighting the benefits of collaboration between urban planning and public health expertise to address housing issues that affect health. ----- Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Public Health: publichealth.umich.edu Follow us on social media: Facebook | facebook.com/umichsph Instagram | instagram.com/umichsph LinkedIn | linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan-school-of-public-health X | x.com/umichsph YouTube | youtube.com/sphweb Discover Michigan Public Health's degree programs, sign up for our interest list .

People in this episode

Guests: Margaret Dewar, Roshanak Mehdipanah

Topics covered

  • housing
  • health
  • equity
  • urban planning
  • public health

Keywords

  • housing access
  • housing stability
  • housing crisis
  • Detroit
  • collaboration

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Places: Detroit

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