HOUSING AND HEALTH

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.