Housing And Health

EDM number 2431 in 2010-12, proposed by Grahame Morris on 14/11/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Health services and Housing.

That this House welcomes the Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) publication, A Foot in the door: a guide to housing and health; supports the NHC's efforts to encourage greater co-operation between housing and health and wellbeing; notes the positive contribution housing makes to improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities; further notes that 1.6 billion in housing-related support generated savings of 3.41 billion to the public purse including 315 million of savings to the health service in a year; and urges local leaders of health and wellbeing servicesto seize this unique opportunity to recognise their housing as a legitimate and fundamental partner in efforts to secure better health and wellbeing for all communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.