Health Status of People Undergoing Foreclosure in the Philadelphia Region

Pollack, Craig Evan; Lynch, Julia

doi:10.2105/ajph.2009.161380

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“…Second, as in all crosssectional studies, reverse causality may occur, and in fact, some authors suggest that poor health is one of the causes of foreclosure. 6 However, some longitudinal studies show greater risk of poor health among individuals with a history of foreclosure or housing instability. 13,14 A recent systematic review on foreclosure and health found only two studies based on individual-level data, which accounted for this potential bias by adjusting for baseline (pre-foreclosure) comorbidity.…”

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“…[2][3][4] In two successive studies, Pollack et al found that people who were more than 2 months behind on their mortgage payments or who were involved in a foreclosure judgment had a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, or dysphoria compared to people without housing instability. 5,6 Houle 7 recently reported that an increase in the rate of mortgage foreclosures at county level was associated with poorer mental health after adjusting for individual and contextual variables, while Fowler et al suggested that housing loss is associated with increased suicide risk. 8 Foreclosure has also been reported to have physical health effects, including higher rates of hypertension and heart disease compared to the general population.…”

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“…8 Foreclosure has also been reported to have physical health effects, including higher rates of hypertension and heart disease compared to the general population. 6,9 This relationship has also been explored using cohort study designs. Data from the British Household Panel Survey in the UK show that individuals with mortgage payment arrears or who are in the later stages of eviction have poorer mental health and well-being than the general population.…”

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Foreclosure and Health in Southern Europe: Results from the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages

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Housing instability has been shown to be related to poorer health outcomes in various studies, mainly in the USA and UK. Affected individuals are more prone to psychiatric (e.g., major depression, anxiety) and physical disorders (e.g., hypertension). This situation has deteriorated with the onset of the economic crisis. One of the most affected countries is Spain, which has high rates of foreclosure and eviction that continue to rise. In response, a civil movement, The Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), works to provide solutions to its members affected by foreclosure and advocates for the right to decent housing. The aims of this study ware to describe and compare the health status of PAH members from Catalonia to a sample of the general population and to analyze the association between health status and mortgage status, foreclosure stage, and other socioeconomic variables, among members of the PAH. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire (2014) administered to 905 PAH members in Catalonia (918 years; 559 women and 346 men). Results were compared with health indicators from The Health Survey of Catalonia 2013 (n = 4830). The dependent variables were poor mental health (GHQ 12 ≥ 3), and poor self-reported health (fair or poor). All analyses were stratified by sex. We computed age-standardized prevalence and prevalence ratios of poor mental and self-reported health in both samples. We also analyzed health outcomes among PAH members according to mortgage status (mortgage holders or guarantors), stage of foreclosure, and other socioeconomic variables by computing prevalence ratios from robust Poisson regression models. The prevalence of poor mental health among PAH members was 90.6 % in women and 84.4 % in men, and 15.5 and 10.2 % in the general population, respectively. The prevalence of poor self-reported health was 55.6 % in women and 39.4 % in men from the PAH, and 19.2 and 16.1 % in the general population, respectively. These health inequalities were independent of socioeconomic status. The prevalence of poor mental health was higher among individuals in the non-payment stage of foreclosure than among those who were up to date with their payments (e.g., PR c = 1.16 [95 % CI 1.04-1.28]). In contrast, selfreported poor health was more prominent in later stages of foreclosure, such as in posteviction without dation in payment stage in men (PR c = 2.24 [95 %CI = 1.35-3.72]). We observed a considerably higher prevalence of poor mental and self-reported health among male and female PAH members than in the general population. Public policies that tackle housing instability and its consequences are urgently needed in Spain.

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“…Indeed, it is often society's poorest who are at greatest risk of adverse financial events because, having the least financial buffers, they are most vulnerable to the consequences of economic downturns (cf. Pollack & Lynch, 2009)…”

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Financial capability, money attitudes and socioeconomic status: Risks for experiencing adverse financial events

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2013

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“…These findings contribute to a growing literature which suggests that already-vulnerable populations are at increased risk for housing instability during periods of economic recession. 19,51 Second, housing instability was measured by asking participants whether they or a member of their household experienced housing instability due to the recession. Some participants classified as "lost housing" or "trouble paying the rent/ mortgage" may thus not have experienced housing instability themselves.…”

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Housing Instability and Alcohol Problems during the 2007–2009 US Recession: the Moderating Role of Perceived Family Support

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The 2007-2009 US economic recession was marked by unprecedented rates of housing instability and relatively little is known about how this instability impacted alcohol problems. While previous studies have linked homelessness to increased rates of alcohol use and abuse, housing instability during a recession impacts a much larger segment of the population and usually does not result in homelessness. Using a nationally representative sample of US adults, this study examines the association between housing instability during the recession and alcohol outcomes. Additionally, we assess whether this association is moderated by perceived family support. In multivariate negative binomial regressions, both trouble paying the rent/mortgage (vs. stable housing) and lost (vs. stable) housing were associated with experiencing more negative drinking consequences and alcohol dependence symptoms. However, these associations were moderated by perceived family support. In contrast to those with low perceived family support, participants with high perceived family support reported relatively few alcohol problems, irrespective of housing instability. Furthermore, while job loss was strongly associated with alcohol problems in univariate models, no significant associations between job loss and alcohol outcomes were observed in multivariate models that included indicators of housing instability. Findings point to the importance of the informal safety net and suggest that alcohol screening and abuse prevention efforts should be intensified during periods of recession, particularly among those who experience housing instability.

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Health Status of People Undergoing Foreclosure in the Philadelphia Region

Cited by 147 publications

References 18 publications

Foreclosure and Health in Southern Europe: Results from the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages

Foreclosure and Health in Southern Europe: Results from the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages

Financial capability, money attitudes and socioeconomic status: Risks for experiencing adverse financial events

Housing Instability and Alcohol Problems during the 2007–2009 US Recession: the Moderating Role of Perceived Family Support

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