2023-10-18 17:02:45
Housing and health are much more linked than it seems. In its latest thermometer, Solidaris highlights the hidden costs of a housing policy that is too timid or too poorly regulated. The poorest habitats concentrate poor families and… health concerns. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the Society department By Eric Burgraff Published on 10/18/2023 at 7:02 p.m. Reading time: 3 min
Lola, let’s call her that, lives in unsanitary accommodation in Brussels. Lola is 9 years old. To the social worker who accompanies her, she talks regarding rats. Microbes they carry. And the link between the concentration of these critters and illnesses at home. “It’s an extreme case but a nine-year-old child is well aware of the link between the quality of his housing and the level of health of his family,” explains Sarah De Laet, geographer specializing in housing issues for the Front anti -expulsion. This is an extreme case, but thousands of people are exposed to the risk of illness and domestic accidents due to the state of their homes, whether they are unlucky tenants or owners overwhelmed by the cost of maintenance. In any case, this is what the Solidaris mutuality supports at the end of the investigation it carried out last spring in the French-speaking part of the country.
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