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Centering Equity in Health and Housing Partnerships in Times of Crisis and Beyond


Supporting front line health providers to understand and incorporate health equity in their policies, programs and delivery of health services.

Year Developed: 2020

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Secondary Audience: Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: Corporation for Supportive Housing (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This paper addresses how health centers, other health system providers, and housing partners can center considerations of equity in their shared work to address the needs of people most impacted by structural racism and its impact on health and social determinants of health, including Black people, people of color, and Indigenous people. COVID19 has re-focused the inequities that must be addressed in our health care systems.

Resource Details: This publication will provide 1) background on the factors that have driven deep racial and ethnic inequities in health and housing that are more apparent than ever in times of crisis. 2) recommendations for health and housing system partners to center racial equity in their work together in times of crisis and beyond in order to preventing existing inequities from deepening and to advance health equity.

Resource Topic: Emerging Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations, Promising/Best Practices, , Health Equity

Resource Subtopic: , Population Health, Enabling Services (ES), Programs and Services, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).

Keywords: Access to Care , Blacks/African Americans, Community Engagement, Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), Discrimination, Hispanic Americans/Latinos, Latinas, Outreach, Persons Experiencing Homelessness.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.